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Alignment of internships with students' degrees and career paths

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Council Member Eric Dinowitz discusses the importance of aligning internships with students' degrees and career paths. Lauren Andersen from CUNY provides information on their efforts to ensure proper alignment.

CUNY is working to ensure internships are aligned with students' career aspirations and degrees
The 311 internship program was an exception, not the norm, in terms of misalignment
CUNY has generally done extensive work with agencies to identify internships and role titles with clear progression into degree-aligned roles
Council Member Dinowitz agrees that while 311 work is valuable, it's important for college internships to align with students' specific purposes and goals
CUNY's overall strategy focuses on creating internship opportunities that serve as launch pads for careers related to students' fields of study

Eric Dinowitz

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Okay.

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And And and I think that's an important point is that you wanna align their internships with with the degree attainment, with what they're getting.

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And are there other areas, other internships where you're finding like, 311, their the the internship they're being placed in isn't really a launch pad into a career or doesn't align a a different career rather or doesn't align with their degrees.

Lauren Andersen

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Generally, no.

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Generally, we've done a lot of work with agencies to make sure that they are identifying internships and role titles that have a clear progression into roles that are aligned with degrees.

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This is not the norm Yeah.

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Across this program.

Eric Dinowitz

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I mean, working in a throw in one center, I think is a is a great career.

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I think, you know, the pay is great.

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It's really important service, but I I think I I do agree that it's important that if you're going to college, for a specific purpose that it that your internship is aligned with that purpose.

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I I wanna pause it here, and we was off oh, we've also been joined by council member Eric Batcher.

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I wanna pause here and turn it back to Cherd Del Arosa for Council member questions?

Carmen De La Rosa

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Yes.

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Thank you so much, Sheridan.

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It's good questions on 311 and all of that.

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We were joined momentarily by council member wrestler and council member Marte, so I want to recognize them.

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And then council member brewer has a question.

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