ALBANY — The state university system is now budgeting millions of dollars every year to pay for students to get real-life job experience.
The annual budget is $14.5 million, which will employ at least 3,500 students in internships related to their major. The money is open to students at state-operated, four-year institutions, not community colleges.
SUNY still has a long way to go to get to Chancellor John B. King Jr.’s goal: internships for every student before they graduate…