Each semester, the Cowen Institute hosts Tulane undergraduates that are completing their required internship through the Center for Public Service. This is a guest post written by a research intern offering up his perspective on his experience, some of his most important research findings, and his thoughts on public education in New Orleans.
This blog post was written by Tolulope Dawodu, a Cowen Scholar and second year Master of Public Health (MPH) student at Tulane University.
For the past academic year, the Cowen Institute supported several Tulane graduate student interns in placements with community partners or local high schools to promote college readiness efforts and implementation of Advanced Placement courses. Here’s what some of our graduate interns had to say about their internship experience:
Public education in New Orleans has come a long way in the past five years: the city’s public schools collectively have seen an increase of over 32 percent in their school performance scores and the percent of failing schools has been cut in half. However, the transformation of the city’s school system has also created new challenges. Harnessing the potential of successful reforms while addressing the challenges created by the current complex system requires a new approach to education governance. Click the title to keep reading.
The 2009-10 cohort of Jones Scholars wrapped up their internships at local public schools and education nonprofits just in time for some of them to walk across the stage at Tulane’s commencement ceremony on May 15, 2010. The Jones Scholars Internship Program, which was launched by the Cowen Institute in the Spring of 2008, provides Tulane graduate students with a hands-on experience in public education, while increasing the capacity of the education community in New Orleans. The Scholars support high-impact projects focused on preparing high school students for college, decreasing drop-out rates, and improving overall educational outcomes for students. In return for the work completed by a Jones Scholar over the course of a semester, the Cowen Institute provides a competitive financial stipend of $6,000 to each intern. This program is supported by a generous donation from the Joseph and Eugenie Jones Family Foundation.
Click on the title of the post to read what the Jones Scholars had to say about their experiences over the past year.
An Intern’s Perspective: Hunter Kramer
| May 2, 2012Each semester, the Cowen Institute hosts Tulane undergraduates that are completing their required internship through the Center for Public Service. This is a guest post written by a research intern offering up his perspective on his experience, some of his most important research findings, and his thoughts on public education in New Orleans.