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Life/career coach Audra Bohanon tells us whether or not having it all is truly possible
Rallying the Troops
When Jessica C. Isaacs began her international work with financial services company AIG 16 years ago, there weren’t a lot of firms with offices overseas. Today, AIG, like many global companies, is using local talent to run their remote sites. Isaacs, who is currently Senior Vice President of Field Operations and Global Reinsurance of Chartis International personal lines, has helped grow that business to more than 63 countries.
Women of Power: Debra Langford on Successful Networking Strategies
Women of Power speaker Debra Langford, vice president of inclusion and business diversity at NBC Universal, shares her tips on how to power network for professional and personal success.
The HBCU Debate: Are Black Colleges & Universities Still Needed?
Critics have called them a race-based anachronism. Others have said worse: They’re inferior, they’re in need of a new mission, or should be managed by for-profit entities. Yet, the data show that historically black colleges and universities contribute significantly to the black middle class and the nation’s economy, and with fewer resources graduate impressive numbers of majors in education and in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Although most have a majority black student body, the faculty at many HBCUs is strikingly diverse, sometimes more than 50% nonblack. Moreover, these institutions have never discriminated on the basis of race. But, in an age of increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the U.S., do we still need HBCUs?
