The deadline for submitting applications for summer internships at the U.S. Department of Education as Martin Luther King Jr. Scholars has been extended to March 18, the Education Department announced today.

As many as 10 outstanding undergraduate or graduate students with an interest in education policy or public policy will be selected as interns this year at the department as part of program to honor the legacy of the slain civil rights leader.

Scholars will be assigned to the Office of the Secretary of Education and the immediate offices of the assistant secretaries of education at the department's headquarters in Washington, D.C.

The program is open to continuing juniors, seniors and graduate students who will at least finish their junior year by the end of the spring 2002 semester. Students must be enrolled full-time in an accredited undergraduate or graduate degree program in any field of study.

Students must be in good academic standing with academic transcripts required. A faculty recommendation shall accompany student applications.

Selected students will be designated Martin Luther King Jr. Scholars and receive federal temporary appointments for up to 12 weeks at pay ranging from $10.86 to $18.40 per hour depending on qualifications and education.

A panel of Department of Education reviewers will develop a list of the top 25-30 candidates. A second group will then make recommendations to the secretary of education on the final selections.

The application package is posted on the Education Department's Web site at web99.ed.gov/hrg, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's USAJobs site at www.usajobs.opm.gov and on the new www.studentjobs.gov page.

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