The author discusses the role of student internships. Recognizing that internships are important for college students' eventual success in the job market, the writer expresses concern that the current system of mostly unpaid internships reinforces the divide between "haves" and "have-nots" among undergraduates. Those can afford to do so, take such internships and improve their prospects. Those who cannot, end up working during the summers and graduate with skimpier resumes. The practice has been exacerbated in recent years by employer insistence that students receive academic credit for unpaid internships, requiring the intern to both give up a paycheck, and also pay tuition for a summer-session class. In investigating the cause of the credit-requirement trend, the writer found no Minimum Wage Law requirement for college students to receive academic credit if they are going to work in a non-paid internship, as claimed by one source. As the writer concludes, this leaves open the question of next steps in closing a growing divide.