Leave Internships to Us, College Leaders Tell Feds

By Sara Lipka

Thirteen college presidents urged the federal government this week not to set educational standards for students' internships.

"We are troubled by the Department of Labor's apparent recent shift toward the regulation of internships," the presidents wrote on Wednesday in a letter to Hilda L. Solis, the labor secretary. "We urge great caution in changing an approach to learning that is