Students With Poor Grades May Benefit the Most From Internships

By Chronicle Staff. Report: “The Differential Effects of Internship Participation on End-of-Fourth-Year GPA by Demographic and Institutional Characteristics”
Authors: Cindy A. Kilgo, Eugene T. Parker III, Jessica K. Ezell Sheets, doctoral students in higher education and student affairs; and Ernest T. Pascarella, professor of higher education, all at the University of Iowa
Summary: Past studies have concluded that internships foster engagement and learning by college students, bolstering their academic achievement long after having offered them workplace experience. More...