If it’s not already summer for you, it’s gotta be close. You’re ready for a break from the world of higher education, but by the fall you’ll be yearning for that ivory tower. Most of you will resume classes and get your fix, but what if you want to take a Fall internship? How will you cope with so much time away from academia? Lucky for you, The Chronicle of Higher Education, which is based in Washington, D.C., is looking for Fall interns. As they put it, they are “the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators.” Apparently 80,000 academics and 350,000 people in total subscribe to The Chronicle of Higher Education, while their website gets 12 million monthly pageviews. They were even “ranked in the top 10 of most credible news sources by Erdos & Morgan.” Clearly, The Chronicle is the place to go for information about higher education.
If you love the world of higher ed, but you realize that real world work experience is more important than “book learning,” then an internship with The Chronicle of Higher Education will give you the best of both worlds. If you start browsing The Chronicle’s website looking for their internship listings, don’t be confused by the link to their Careers section on the left hand sidebar—it’s not what you’re looking for. A big part of The Chronicle’s business is posting ads for jobs in higher education, so that’s why that link is so prominent. To find internships with the Chronicle, you need to use their Help page, or you can just use the following link to go directly to their Internships page. They’re looking for 4 Editorial Interns, and they have 2 spots reserved for undergrads. “The interns’ primary responsibilities are reporting and writing daily news articles for The Chronicle’s Web site, contributing brief features to the “Short Subjects” section, writing news articles for other sections of the newspaper, and doing research for special projects.” There’s a $500 weekly stipend, and the internships start in late Augsust/early September. You can find application information here, but take note that you’ll have to mail your application in, and it needs to be received by 4 p.m. on Friday, June 5, 2009. Also, don’t forget to check out what past interns had to say about their time at The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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