All students enrolled in the URI internship program will receive 3-12 academic credits for their internship experience. While we do not require the agency to pay the student intern, if the agency has the means to do so, it is appreciated but not a condition of the internship experience. However, if your student is only earning credit, the following Department of Labor standards must be met: The training, even though it includes actual operation of the facilities of the employer, is similar to that which would be given in a vocation school. The training is for the benefit of the trainees. The trainees do not displace regular employees, but work under close observation. The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the trainees, and on occasion his/her operations may actually be impeded. The trainees are not necessarily entitled to a job at the completion of the training period. The employer and the trainees understand that the trainees are not entitled to wages for the time spent training. *