Tag: College chat
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HBCU Insights: A social justice toolkit for university administrators
A column by Dr. Larry Walker Throughout their history historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been incubators for social change. Alumni, faculty and students including ... -
How to help high school students find a career
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 30 percent of teens and young adults work in the leisure and hospitality industry. While those jobs are ... -
Diverse Conversations: Current Issues in Higher Education
With each passing decade, colleges and universities are faced with the task of responding to the spirit of the times. Those that deal with these trends ... -
Do LGBTQ students feel safe on college campuses?
According to AmericanProgress.org, over 70 percent of LGBTQ students “reported experiencing sexual harassment, compared with 61 percent of non-LGBT students.” To compound the issue, many college ... -
Study: Black professors must be "entertaining"
A new study published by Vanderbilt University underpins the theory of racial bias in higher education. According to the study, black faculty members are not only wanted ... -
Diverse Conversations: School Diversity Program Mirrors Workplace
Business schools around the country are thinking about ways to implement programs that increase school diversity on campus. Steve Reinemund, Dean of the Wake Forest University ... -
Will Free Community College Help Minorities Succeed?
By Matthew Lynch During his sixth State of the Union address, President Barack Obama spelled out a proposal that would offer two years of a free ... -
The transferrable skills from a doctoral degree in the sciences
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest posts are ... -
Study: High college tuition may not correlate with high earnings
Saving a year’s worth of salary for one year of higher education at Harvard may yield great career results for some but that may not be ... -
Diverse Conversations: The Business of Higher Education
There are many people that believe higher education could be changed for the better if colleges and universities were to think of themselves as businesses and ...
