It’s the classic Catch-22: You need experience to get a job, but you can’t get experience without a job. This frustrating conundrum can be a headache for college students or recent graduates looking ...

Unpaid internships are on the rise. Why don't employers compensate interns and what do unpaid interns have to say about it?

As “plastics” were the future to young Benjamin Braddock in the movie “The Graduate,” internships are the future for the students and new grads of today. Hiring managers consider internships important ...

I didn't know what to expect when I accepted an internship offer at USA TODAY back in February – and the coronavirus certainly didn't provide any clarity. My work experience went entirely online when ...

Former Solectron engineer Ram Santhanam was at a party recently when a woman sidled up to him and told him that she hated him. Santhanam, it seems, had been selected for a highly competitive position ...

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As an international student from India, Rounak Agarwal started looking for internships during his sophomore year at Pace University in New York, where he is majoring in economics with a minor in ...

With a majority of applications for internships in the spring and summer of 2026 being open, here's my take on the culture surrounding the need for these positions that are often seen as the only way ...

Mayor Jenny Durkan recently announced an expansion of her city’s Seattle Promise program, which awards two years of free college to selected public school students. Later this year, “Opportunity ...

The transition between academic theatre and professional theatre is rough. No matter one's area of focus, be it performance, design, dramaturgy, or administration, there is a real difference between ...

With more than two decades of experience in higher education, cultural criticism and politics, Horacio Sierra's writing and public speaking aims to demystify higher education and promote the ...

Johnny C. Taylor Jr. tackles your human resources questions as part of a series for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, the world's largest HR ...