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Help Wanted

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In January, nurses from two of New York City’s private hospitals went on strike. The Ohio State University College of Nursing uses its Summer Institute for Future Nurses as a recruiting tool for high school students. Information was not provided about new nursing hire recruitment.

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Looking Back to See Forward - Dr. Nic John Ramos

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

My father was recruited into the Navy when other Filipino men like him could not take certain jobs in the military,” says Ramos. “My My mother, despite her college degree, could not get the job she was qualified for in the hospital that she worked in for more than 15 years.”

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Soccer Midfielder Focuses on Growth Through Dogged Determination

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Growing up in Bowie, Maryland, Hayes wasn’t aware of Miami University (Ohio) until a recruiter reached out after seeing her play in a soccer tournament. Throughout high school she volunteered at Doctor’s Community Hospital in Lanham, Maryland. I miss so much class in the fall, and they are so helpful,” she said. “I I really value that.”

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Profiling Some of the Institutions With the Most Minority Business Graduates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While there are many undergraduates and graduate students aiming for careers in banking or finance, there are also entrepreneurs, innovators, people interested in hospital administration, and others seeking positions at nonprofit organizations. Recruitment is done through professional organizations and media.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We intentionally recruit and serve Latino students because they frequently have a personal connection to this profession,” says Rueda-Acedo. Teneo Linguistics Company, the Agape Clinic and Dallas Children’s Hospital. The four-year graduation rate for Latino students in the major is approximately 88%. within six years. “We

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I thought about how quiet I’d been as an undergrad, and I felt there was something I needed to do and should do at MIT to get more African American and minority students in and to make it more hospitable.” She joined the task force, and over the next year, members laid out a program for recruiting and retaining minority students.

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Lieberman Expected to Lead La Verne to Next Stage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The number one private institution that is recruiting, retaining and graduating students who are going back to their communities … and improving their neighborhoods,” she said. News & World Report created a new category, social economic mobility, and University of La Verne ranked sixth in the country.