“CREATING THE INTERN: PHILANTHROPY, UNIVERSITIES, AND THE NEW DEAL”
Virtual Event
April 24, 2024
Time 12 PM EST
Registration for this event is via Eventbrite.
Paper will be circulated to registrants two weeks prior to the seminar
Proximity to power, access to professional networks, and acquisition of insider knowledge has come to define the “intangible things” unpaid internships claim to offer students—whether in the public service or in proliferating private internship programs. This paper locates the origins of the modern, private white-collar internship in the growth of the New Deal