Tag: college
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How to Motivate Your K-12 Students to Pursue College Early
**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 ... -
Will a degree from an HBCU cover student loan debt?
According to a new report, the starting salary for a new college graduate from an HBCU may not be enough to cover student loan debt. By ... -
Higher Accountability for College Dropout Rates
There are a lot of metrics in place that gauge the effectiveness of P-12 schooling in the U.S. and shine a particularly bright light on public ... -
Diverse Conversations: 5 Questions For Securing the Perfect Internship
You may think that the cold of winter is too early to start thinking about summer internships, but the competition for placement is already heating up. ... -
Beyond Athletics: Three Other Ways to Recruit Minority College Students
We’ve all heard the fairytale stories before: a minority kid from a tough neighborhood gets a shot at a college career because he or she is ... -
Why Colleges Need Athletes as Minority Mentors
When it comes to getting more minorities into college, and then graduating them, there are a lot of different ideas out there. Stronger high school recruiting, ... -
5 Tips You Can Use to Become an Academic Entrepreneur
More and more academics are recognizing the potential to supplement their income from higher education positions with out-of-the-box projects and schemes. To try and get to ... -
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 ...