Posts Tagged ‘advanced degrees’
Presidents, Deans Attest to Benefits of Getting MBAs and Other Advanced Degrees
When the presidents and deans of Historically Black Colleges and Universities begin to tell you about the benefits of obtaining a master’s and other advanced degrees, their individual stories confound you. Their lives have been splashed with rich and vibrant colors that enable them to enter into dimensions that are not open to the vast…
Read MorePresident of Livingstone College Creates Global Scholars
“Since I didn’t have that master’s degree, I lost that opportunity and that sparked my determination.”
Read MoreSpelman President Beverly Tatum Talks About Her MBA, Ph.D. and Taking Charge of HBCU School
Spelman College President Beverly Tatum offers cautionary advice for undergraduate students and graduates: If you allow fear to fester long enough to prevent you from pursuing your MBA or other advanced degrees, then you very well may rob yourself of the many wondrous opportunities and experiences that await those who pounce on this opportunity. Tatum…
Read MoreMorehouse School of Medicine Dean Dr. Valerie Montgomery-Rice on MBAs and Advanced Degrees
The American workforce is under siege. Modern technology, wage retraction, disappearing blue collar jobs and a prolonged economic slump have all produced unemployment numbers unseen since the Carter Administration. In some circles, an advanced degree, such as an MBA, Ph.D or a juris doctorate, have become a virtual necessity in order to increase marketability. Dr.…
Read MoreKeith Andrew Perry Says Advanced Degree From Howard University Opened World to Him and Classmates
Keith Andrew Perry’s testimony about why African Americans should pursue postgraduate degrees is poignant, powerful and simply impossible to ignore. To even try to contemplate his adult life without his Morehouse College and Howard University School of Law degrees would be an exercise in absolute futility because it would be beyond the ability of his…
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