The Black Enterprise BE Smart Inaugural HBCU Summit held at the Graves School of Business
Black Enterprise hosted the inaugural Black Enterprise BE Smart HBCU Summit: A Pipeline to Leadership: Securing Opportunities in the 21st Century World at the Graves School of Business at Morgan State University, which is named after Earl Graves the founder of Black Enterprise Magazine and ’57 Morgan State alumni. The event was held February 27 & 28, 2017 and sponsored the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation This summit focused on the obligations and responsibilities of educators, administrators, and advocacy groups for improving education so that students are prepared to meet the challenges that await them post-graduation, particularly in the areas of
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Panelist for this session included Mr. Calvin Butler, Chief Executive Officer of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Renault Ross, Chief Cybersecurity Strategist of Symantec, and Skip Spriggs the Chief of Human Resources at TIAA. The HBCU Experience: Millennial Minds Matter Hear stories and feedback of students and alumni on their take on current curriculum, experiences and readiness for the corporate arena. A vast perspective was shared on panel of Angelica Willis of North Carolina A&T State University, Mathew Reed, Student Regent of the Morgan State University Board of Regents, and Alize Beal Co-Founder of Puissance. Presidentially Speaking: Strategies for Sustaining Your Institution Learn how to financially sustain your institution in these turbulent times. Was an interesting panel which delve into the Trump presidency and the potential of unexpected opportunities and the roles of student retention. Speakers: Dr. Roslyn Artis the President of Florida Memorial, Ronald Carter the President of Johnson C. Smith University, David Wilson the President of Morgan State University sat on this panel moderated by Beverly Tatum the Former President of Spelman College. Dan Greenstein of the Bill & …show more content…
It means, as we heard yesterday from an excellent panel, being clear and crisp about our institutions’ business plans, and being accountable to our constituents – our students, their employers, our state and federal funders – for the tangible value that we add – like Paul Quinn and National Louis Universities have done. It means mining data to design stronger and clearer pathways to a credential, like Delaware State has done. It means taking students who have the drive but not the grades to succeed and working intensively with them, as they are doing at Johnson C. Smith. It means redefining prestige not in terms of who we exclude or the research dollars we expend, but in terms of the students we include and how well they succeed, as Georgia State and Florida International Universities are
When you think of a typical college student you may think of a young adult around 18 to 22 years old. You may also think of someone with little world experience that’s off on their own for the first time in their short life. Surprisingly, there has been a recent phenomenon with an increase in older people now attending post-secondary education, specifically the baby boomer generation. Libby Sander, a staff reporter at the Chronicle of Higher Education, explores this topic in an article called “Blue-Collar Boomers Take Work Ethic to College” (782). Sander combines the use of all three rhetorical appeals throughout her article to successfully argue that the wave of baby boomers enrolled in postsecondary education is changing the perception
What stands out about American universities today? Is it the academic opportunities offered to students, experienced faculty, or strong sense of community? Or...perhaps they have lost their focus. It is not uncommon for universities to focus their efforts and budgets elsewhere; by building state of the art gyms, for example, remodeling luxury dorms, grooming campuses, or creating more management positions. College students and professors alike are subject to the nationally occurring changes in higher level education. Colleges are becoming commercialized and tuition is rising, but is the quality of education improving? In “Why We Should Fear University, Inc.”, Fredrik DeBoer is able to provide a personal take on the issue of corporate domination
The subject of higher education versus industrial education in the Black society has existed since the two options were open to African-Americans after liberation. Both modes of education act a vital part in African-American corporate identity since they both act as one of many cultural representations.
Going through college should not be as easy as going through a drive-thru at a fast food restaurant. Young adults should be interactive and critically thinking throughout their education, not disinterested of it. Author Simon Benlow, in his essay “Have It Your Way: Consumerism Invades Education,” believes that students are turning to consumerist ways, not thanks to the college’s culture (139). Since my return to community college, there has been a trend with the younger adults: Not caring.
An industry that once promoted fairness and attainability was now itself becoming an obstacle to overcome. “American universities are in fact organized according to middle- and upper-class cultural norms or rules of the game and that these norms do indeed constitute an unseen academic disadvantage for first-generation college students transitioning to university settings” (Stephens et. al, 2012). This proposed characteristic serves as an almost uncontrollable and unchangeable disadvantage that students will likely fail to subdue. Institutions should serve as mediating platforms that allow students to start at impartial grounds, where their talents, abilities and connections are the only factors that can influence their
This shift in university life has caused the emergence of a more focused and hard-working student body. There are those from past generations who will look at the happenings of colleges today and ridicule this change. And even after moving through the nostalgic haze that surrounds the memories of the past, the differences can still be seen, but it should be known that today's students are just adapting to the system that has already been established for them. This systematic change is to be expected. Considering that the world is not the same as it was in the 1960s, why would we assume that an institution would be exactly the same as it was
...sented themselves such as: lack of financial support, low graduation rates, and a non-existence of diversification. However, these issues can be changed by an increase in support from different places which would add to the existing importance of HBCU’S. People are inspired by the Institutions because they work hard to overcome obstacles placed in their way. Students, Alumni’s, and Parents see the motivation and determination of the schools to stay ongoing and I see it as well.
In the words of Claiborne Pell, U.S. Senator of Rhode Island and sponsor of the Pell Grant, which provides financial aid to American college students, “The strength of the United States is not the gold at Fort Knox or the weapons of mass destruction that we have, but the sum total of the education and the character of our people.” These words speak of the importance of education and the need for public support in order to continue America’s tradition of investment in our youth being an investment in our country.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is a prime example of Woodson’s argument on “miseducated” blacks. Although Thomas benefitted from programs like affirmative action, once he reached the high point in his career he supported legislature to end such programs. Hampton University and other Historically Black Colleges and Universities must take it upon themselves to teach their students the importance of contributing to their communities once they graduate and enter into the business world. Colleges like Hampton, Howard, Spelman and Morehouse have the opportunity to produce professionals that can restructure and save the black community. Students who graduate from these institutions have the resources and knowledge that are needed to revive the African American community and their economy. Black colleges must educate their students on the need for black businesses, role models and the importance of staying connected to their culture and community.
Redd, Kenneth E. "Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Making a Comeback." New Directions for Higher Education 1998.102 (1998): 33-43. WILEY. Web.
Reputation is a key factor in the competitiveness of a university and therefore its ability to attract talent. Both faculty productivity and alumni giving contribute to the cycle of funding and talent universities rely on. Funding keeps university research going and make its results applicable to society. A university’s research not only continues the growth and development of the university, but also influences society with its
Hart Research Associates. Raising the Bar: Employers’ Views On College Learning In The Wake Of The Economic Downturn. A Survey Among Employers Conducted On Behalf Of: The Association of American Colleges And Universities. Washington D.C.:
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. (2006).Black Student College Graduation Rates Remain Low, But Modest Progress Begins to Show. Retrieved from: http://www.jbhe.com/features/50_blackstudent_gradrates.html
In Caroline Bird’s “College is A Waste of Time and Money”, it’s argued that there are many college students who would be better off if they were to begin working after high school graduation. Colleges and universities can no longer ensure that one will go on to get a better job, getting paid more than they would have without a higher education. However, high school seniors still stress about where they will be attending college, how they’re going to pay for it and what they’re going to study for the next four years. Bird points out how college has changed over the past few decades and how, in turn, it has set many young adults up for disappointment, if nothing else.
Millennials are disrupting retail, hospitality, real estate and housing, transportation, entertainment and travel, and they will soon radically change higher education.” He concludes with the important of change, by saying “Defined by their lack of attachment to institutions and traditions, millennials change jobs more often than other generations — more than half say they’re currently looking for a new job. Millennials are changing the very will of the world. So we, too, must