50 Best Colleges For African Americans
By Sonya A. Donaldson Times may have changed, but one thing has remained constant: Each year, thousands of African American teens and parents will sit down to make the big...
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By Sonya A. Donaldson Times may have changed, but one thing has remained constant: Each year, thousands of African American teens and parents will sit down to make the big...
In a true full-circle moment, the award-winning broadcast journalist and actress became Bennett College’s youngest commencement speaker in the HBCU’s 147-year history
They need to carefully consider which degrees pay off and why, and they need to make informed decisions about the type of degree and major they select. Investors in financial markets consider many complex variables to mitigate risks and maximize returns. Investing in college is no different.
Because of their short duration and the fact that they’re much less costly than college and teach a specific, in-demand skill set, black students would be prudent to consider them an alternative to graduate school, if not college.
But this interesting piece in last Sunday's New York Times looks under the hood of certain truisms about college majors—and exposes six "myths" that may not be actually wrong, but a lot more nuanced than you might initially think.