About the Internship Program
![A poster of "Engaging Underrepresented Undergraduates in Research and Evaluation" by Callie Edwards, Erin Huggins and Kevin Winn. Features average demographics, program overview, program impact, lessons learned and recommendations.](https://fi.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/175/2023/07/Engaging-Underrepresented-Undergraduates-in-Research-and-Evaluation.pptx-2048x1536-1-1024x768.png)
Key Components
Interns are selected based on their interest in education and developing research and evaluation skills. The internship consists of the following eight key components:
- Partnership with Federal Work Study, requiring all interns to be work-study eligible
- Hybrid Work and Flexible Scheduling to accommodate for student and PEER group safety and needs during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Research and Evaluation Assignments, enabling interns to work on a variety of PEER group projects
- Ongoing Training and Development via weekly check-in/training meetings and informal mentoring
- Organizational Strategies, including Google Drive team and program administration folders and a Slack channel
- Accountability Measures, including project logs, electronic journals and performance appraisals
- Culminating Projects, including a final oral presentation to the PEER group and a final blog post for the Friday Institute website
- Iterative Program Assessment, including monthly memos, pre-mid-post inventory surveys, exit interviews and focus groups
Intern Program Goal
Create a sustainable and equity-focused pipeline for future educational researchers and program evaluators.
Intern Program Outcomes
The program has three major outcomes:
- Expose interns to the environment and exceptions of educational research and evaluation
- Develop interns’ transferable workforce skills
- Enhance PEER group operations
2020-2023 Intern Demographics
![Graphic representation of average demographics from 2020-2023 of the internship program. Illustrates 15 students, 70% minorities, 30% sophomores, 20% juniors, 50% seniors, 80% first generation college students. 70% female, 30% male. 3.5 average gpa. 20% asian, 30% black, 20% hispanic, 20% white, 10% other. Majors represented: psychology, political science, statistics, elementary education, business administration, biology, aerospace engineering. Minors represented: linguistics, biology, nonprofit studies, spanish, english, women and gender studies, computer science.](https://fi.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/175/2023/07/DemographicsOverall2023-1-1024x587.png)