<p>D was sport management major, and it was part of the curriculum to get an internship. Most sport organizations require confirmation that academic credit will be given. In fact there was alot of correspondence and agreement of terms between d’s college and team
before the internship was acceptable to both sides.<br>
For my kid, the experience she gained was invaluable. In fact, it allowed her to get a real job with benefits from another team upon graduation.
In fields like sport management-communications and a few others, it seems almost a necessity to take an unpaid internship for college credit. She certainly learned as much in that semester as an intern as she would have learned in several classroom courses. In fact part of the internship was to be assigned a project and be in charge of organizing a promotional event at the stadium. This was not a job where she answered phones and xeroxed.<br>
–and it’s not just for the “rich kids” who can afford to work without salary. My kid understood the importance of paying her way through school. She gladly worked in the kitchen at her college in order to earn “her keep”. Her campus employment gave her the ability to take the unpaid internship.</p>