University of Texas Students Holding Rally to Get Social Work Internship Hours Paid
KVUE • By Eric Pointer • April 11, 2023 • "AUSTIN, Texas — A national effort to get social workers paid during their required field work hours is coming to Central Texas. Students are required to get hundreds of field hours and, oftentimes, that work goes unpaid. As a way to combat this, a group of UT students are planning a walk-out and rally on campus to bring awareness to the issue."
Paid Social Work Internships Part 2 FED UP – Beth Wagner, Claire Mancuso, Natalia Norzagaray & Parham Daghighi
Doin’ The Work • Host Shimon Cohen, LCSW • February 20, 2023 • "In this episode, I talk with Beth Wagner, Claire Mancuso, Natalia Norzagaray, and Parham Daghighi, all MSW students at the University of Texas – Austin and members of the group FED UP, which is organizing for paid social work internships. This episode is Part 2 of a two-part series on social work students organizing for paid internships."
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."