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CUNY official describes internship partnership with MTA

1:09:44

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Lauren Andersen, University Associate Provost of Careers and Industry Partnerships at CUNY, explains the university's internship partnership with the MTA. The program covers various career tracks and has led to full-time hires.

  • 500 interns placed with MTA over the last two years
  • Internships span various occupational tracks, including engineering, architecture, and management
  • Dozens of interns have converted to full-time hires at the MTA
Lauren Andersen
1:09:44
Yes.
1:09:44
Thank you for that question.
1:09:46
We have partnered with the MTA to run internship programs that span a host of different types of occupational tracks for and career tracks for students, everything from engineering and architecture through back office management, accounting, communications, etcetera.
1:10:02
As I said to date, we've placed 500 interns with the MTA over the last 2 years, and we can get you the exact numbers, which I don't have today, but we have seen dozens convert into full time hires at the MTA, which is always a thing that we ultimately wanna see.
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