Internships and the Assessment of Student Learning

Authors

William K. Templeton, Butler UniversityFollow
Karel A. Updyke, Butler UniversityFollow
Robert B. Bennett, Butler UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Publication Title

Business Education & Accreditation

First Page

27

Last Page

38

Additional Publication URL

http://www.theibfr.com/bea.htm

Abstract

The use of internships is a powerful learning tool that allow business students to make connections between their classroom experience and the world of work. If designed appropriately and positioned correctly in the curriculum, they can also be an ideal opportunity to conduct assurance of learning activities related to business school accreditation. This study reports on survey results relating to business schools’ use of internships in their assurance of learning efforts and describes one school’s successful attempt to use internships as the key platform for its well-developed assurance of learning program.

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