Quote:Remember, this would be funded by businesses that are making an investment.  A person in college that has a good record of grades could entice a company to put forth money to train (educate) him or her.  Where investment firms would enter the picture would be more-or-less "betting" that this person will graduate with a certain degree and eventually earn the "normal" income that a person with such a degree would earn.  The investment firms would provide the capital (cash).

 

 

Wouldn't this person get scholarship funding though?

 

If you take the cream of the crop, the ones that businesses will line up for as soon as they graduate, I would guess that these students (most I would say) have some kind of money coming in already because they are the cream of the crop.

 

As such, they are the ones that these groups would want to fund...the 4.0 GPAs with off the charts SATs and great resume and volunteer work.

 

Though I suppose you can make a case that the top businesses will get the top recruits, and the ones with smaller pockets can still get good prospects that can be groomed into their roles.

 

In either case, I think what you've outline here is how internship SHOULD be for college students. Not the unpaid crap we see all the time, ones which don't really prepare you for what you're going to do in your career (coffee anyone?)

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