College Composition and Communication Dec 2013

Sweating Employment: Ethical and Legal Issues with Unpaid Student Internships

Katherine T. Durack

Abstract

This article discusses what we mean by the term—internship, with special attention to requiritalicents for compensation; explains the issues that appertain to unpaid student internships; and urges broad engagitalicent and individual as well as collective action on this issue.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2013-12-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc201324501
Open Access
Closed
Topics
multilingual writers

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