Student Internships: A Selective Review

The internship is the process that involves the interns being employed in an organization for a part-time period while at the same time, receive academic credit for their contribution to the workplace with the optionality of monetary compensation for the interns. This article presents a selective survey of student internships with more focus on some issues associated with internships and internship management systems such as the traditional paper-based approach, student satisfaction with the internships, and mismatch in internships placements. In addition, a comparison between three existing internship management systems namely ImBlaze, LetsIntern, and AP Link was reported.