Students Are Paying to Do Unpaid Labor; What the ‘U’ Can Do
The Michigan Daily • By Haley Johnson • September 25, 2022 • “According to a survey administered by P4P, just 12% of MSW students receive stipends during their field practicum and 74% of students said they had to work an additional job to cover expenses.”
Unpaid Internships Are Still Common — Here’s What to Do When Asked to Work for Free
Teen Vogue • By Rainesford Stauffer • August 15, 2022 • “Ah, internships: a time for exploring new interests, hands-on learning, and…exploitation? Not always. But often. Data from the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison estimates somewhere between 31% and 58% of internships in the United States don’t pay."
Whitmer Signs Student Mental Health Apprenticeship Retention and Training Program Bill
University of Michigan School of Social Work • July 27, 2022 • "Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed Michigan Senate Bill 1012 into law. The legislation provides for the creation of a Student Mental Health Apprenticeship Retention and Training grant program (SMART), paying graduate social work students $25 an hour for their field education in public schools settings."
Opinion: Social Work Students Are Required to Work Thousands of Hours for Free. We Demand Change.
The San Diego Union-Tribune • By Elana B. Metz and Sarah K. Fox • March 21, 2022 • "Each year, hundreds of social work students enter the front lines of San Diego County’s mental health crisis, providing vital services for the area’s most vulnerable residents in schools, prisons, hospitals and outpatient facilities and on our streets."
University of Michigan Social Work Students Strike to Win Pay For Internships
World Socialist Web Site • By Tim Rivers • March 20, 2022 • “Students at the University of Michigan’s School of Social Work (MSW) are walking out of classes today to demand compensation for their internships, which are currently unpaid and required for graduation. There are approximately 700 students in the social work program.”
Petition Demands UMich School of Social Work Fund Degree-Required Internships
The Michigan Daily • By Madison Kraft • January 27, 2022 • “Students in the University of Michigan School of Social Work drafted a Payment for Providers petition calling for Masters of Social Work students to be financially compensated for field work. A similar version of the petition was drafted in 2017, but the majority of field work positions through the SSW remain unpaid.”