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How well I remember my sisters and I noting that all our elderly aunts would ask us, “How’s school?†It’s great that they cared, and that they recognized the importance of academics. But I recently read a moving post by a high school math and science teacher, in which he challenges himself to come up with meaningful questions that would elicit thoughtful responses from his former students.
There is another side to STEM and high-paying careers, however, which I learned about at the US News & World Report 2015 STEM Solutions Conference in San Diego. That conference included community college graduates or certificate holders on a few of its panels. These grads were working in high-tech fields for well-established companies—and they were earning a little less than pharmacists.
Taylor recently appeared at the Black Enterprise Entrepreneurs Summit in Houston alongside Chairman and CEO of Koch Industries Charles Koch, who donated $25.6 million to TMCF. During the Black Enterprise Small Business Awards luncheon at the summit, the two men spoke about cultivating the next generation of entrepreneurial innovators. Their talk was moderated by Black Enterprise Senior Vice President and Executive Editor-at-Large Alfred Edmond.
One of the first things I noted in speaking with Brown is the vast well of ignorance he encountered among his peers. Although he himself didn’t know much more than they did, his determination to graduate debt-free kept him out of the debt trap. Here are some strategies he recommends:
The proposal is aimed at reining in the cost of college and helping millions of borrowers struggling to manage their student loan debt.
