Internships are a vital component of student learning, serving as a bridge between the theoretical knowledge gained in the classroom and the practical skills required in the workforce. As Radigan (2009) noted, internships connect academic learning with real-world applications, providing students with hands-on experience that deepens their understanding of professional practice.
Beyond the Credential Factory: Why Higher Education Must Shift from Management to Flourishing
For decades, higher education leadership has obsessed over “student success” as a purely operational metric. We track retention and graduation rates and postgraduation outcomes with the same linear precision that
Yoshitaka Iwasaki
August 3, 2026
