The idea is to work with the needs of college students, who may have trouble keeping regular hours or commuting long distances.

Inside Higher Ed reports.

How to attract student workers? Bring the work to them

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Connor Fitzpatric went to work — but only until noon. His first class began at 12:15 p.m. After class, he would go back to work for a couple of hours, until 5:30 p.m., and then it was back to class until 9 p.m.

His commute was only a few minutes. As he went back and forth between class and work, he never left campus.

He worked in an on-campus space leased by his employer, a local insurance company. The company designed the space — and the internship itself — specifically for students balancing jobs and class work. Fitzpatric designed his own schedule, and he was allowed to change it. If, say, a paper deadline loomed on the horizon, class work took precedence.