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A COMPARISON OF HOW INTERN PLACEMENTS HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME
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range of industries, the types of placements, and the opportunities to pursue passions have expanded greatly since the early days. As the MADEIRA TODAY WINTER 2022
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certain internships. For example, the number of students interning in the science, engineering, technology, business, law, and advocacy fields has increased exponentially.
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has drastically decreased since 1978 while science and engineering placements have skyrocketed. Health care and advocacy remain steady and consistent. Computer programming as a field did not exist when the program began. With its increased importance, more students have pursued internships related to programming. The first known computer programming internship for a Madeira student was in 2007.
NOTABLE TRENDS • Health Sciences has nearly doubled since the 1970s and 1980s. •B usiness & Finance has returned to a high of the 1980s (both periods were times of economic expansion following recessions). • Education has dropped to its lowest level. •J ournalism, Communications, Marketing reached their high in the 1980s. Today, more students are interested in communications and marketing, but not the traditional media. • I n the 1970s, the second largest category was Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Recreation. Today, students intern with artists, graphic designers, and entertainment companies, but not museums or galleries. • The most significant growth area is with Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) fields.
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In its infancy, the “Wednesday Jobs Program”
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THE “WEDNESDAY JOBS PROGRAM”
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ed in 1969—with each senior spending two weeks off-campus at a job she chose.
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for field trips, speakers, and volunteering. The “jobs program” was also institut-
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the 1966–67 academic year by experimenting with student internships. In 1969, the academic schedule was changed to a four-day week, opening Wednesdays
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Co-Curriculum—just take a look at its early history. The program began during
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Evolution Over Time
SENIOR PLACEMENTS NOW (2017–19)
SENIOR PLACEMENTS THEN (1972–74)
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