Hoping to avoid this problem, the BYU-Idaho team tasked with creating the internship program recommended that an internship be required as part of each integrated major. Though academic credit would be granted, the requirement would be fulfilled in a student's semester away from classes; a student attending the spring and summer terms and the fall semester, for example would perform the internship in winter. Along with this recommendation, the university implemented the team's proposal to create an internship office and establish formal relationships with major employers in a dozen “hub
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