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Robert Sigmon's article titled Public Service Internships - An Institutional Designed evaluates the need for more public service internships for the youth of the United States. Sigmon argues that these internships help young people take responsibility for the world around them. By blending learning and action, Sigmon confronts the traditional purposes of education with a different perspective. Sigmon aims to redefine teaching as the providing of learning environments rather than dispensing knowledge about the past. With traditional education, students do not come out of college prepared for their job due to bring taught with authoritarian support throughout their educational career. Sigmon closes his essay by relating Service-Learning techniques in North Carolina. Sigmon says that his internship programs in North Carolina have helped thousands of students already.

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