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Subject(s)

• Internship programs—Economic aspects—United States [Browse]
• Interns—Economic aspects—United States [Browse]
• Conflict of laws—United States [Browse]
• Experiential learning—United States [Browse]
• Business and education—United States [Browse]

Summary note

Traces the increase in interns in businesses from the late twentieth to the early twenty first century and discusses the lack of benefits and legal securities granted to interns in comparison to the profits firms bank by exploiting their roles in the workplace.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-238) and index.

Contents

• The happiest interns in the world
• The explosion
• Learning from apprenticeships
• A lawsuit waiting to happen
• Cheerleaders on campus
• No fee for service
• The economics of internships
• Futures market
• What about everybody else?
• The rise and rebellion of the global intern
• Nothing to lose but your cubicles
• Appendix A: the intern bill of rights
• Appendix B: internships and the law.

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ISBN

• 9781844676866
• 1844676862

LCCN

2011281604

OCLC

668194147

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