The op-ed below by Drexel University President John A. Fry and Stephen Gardner, Amtrak’s executive vice president for infrastructure and investment development, appeared in the Nov. 16 edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Without even putting […]
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Stop Exploiting Young Workers: Here’s an Alternative to Unpaid Internships That Works
By John A. Fry The “intern economy” is a crumbling monument to short-term thinking. The class-action lawsuit filed in 2010 against Fox Searchlight Pictures by former unpaid interns on the film “Black Swan” set off […]
Put Undergraduates to Work, for Their Own Good
By John A. Fry Despite an improving economy, eager and talented new college graduates are still encountering significant difficulty in securing jobs. The fallout has landed squarely on colleges. Parents are demanding higher returns for […]