Category: Professionals of Color

Professionals of Color
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Why You Should Be Mentoring

“Mentor someone else? I need a mentor!” Are you giving advice...

Professionals of Color
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Identifying and Managing Workplace Culture

Historically, workplace culture has been an excuse to invalidate applicants based...

Professionals of Color
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Grow Your Career Where You Are

A November 2021 survey commissioned by BestColleges.com found that 28% of...

Professionals of Color

Get to Know a Higher Ed Professional: Dr. Carmen Suarez, Southern Illinois…

The "Get to Know a Higher Ed Professional" series features people...

Professionals of Color

Write Your Diversity Statement in Four Steps

The diversity, or inclusion, statement is becoming a staple of the...

Professionals of Color

Defining and Finding Your Mentor(s)

Mentorship is a multi-faceted relationship with many benefits for the mentee:...

Professionals of Color

I Don’t Know How to Talk About Race: How to Prepare Yourself…

Have you engaged in conversations about race at your workplace? If...

Professionals of Color
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7 Tips for Improving Pay Equity

Transparency in salaries and compensation is one way to help close...

Professionals of Color

How To Determine if a School or University Is Truly Committed to…

The job seems perfect. You’re being courted by a top-notch university....

Professionals of Color
An older African American professor smiles, with his chin resting on his hand

Managing ‘Cultural Taxation’ and Combating Burnout: Tips and Resources for Underrepresented Faculty…

Work-related burnout is so prevalent that it’s now recognized as a...