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ERIC Number: EJ780798
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Nov-15
Pages: 3
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1557-5411
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From the Classroom to the Boardroom
Nealy, Michelle J.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, v24 n20 p38-40 Nov 2007
Dwayne Ashley, president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), is an unruffled perfectionist who is never satisfied with the status quo. When a challenge presents itself, Ashley eagerly seeks out a solution. His motto: find a way or make one. This article describes Ashley's solution when he discovered that corporate America was not recruiting students at historically Black college and universities (HBCU) as aggressively as students enrolled in traditionally White institutions. Determined to pipeline public HBCU students from classrooms to boardrooms, he launched the Thurgood Marshall HBCU Talent Sourcing Program in January. While there are other organizations that provide companies with minority resume databases, TMCF is the only organization that hand-selects and pre-screens the students in their sourcing databases prior to making them available to hiring firms. Only candidates whose skills keenly match a company's requirements are then recommended. To be considered for TMCF's HBCU Talent Sourcing Program, students must have a recommendation from a college counselor and a minimum 3.0 GPA. Recruits usually exceed these requirements, and the average GPA is 3.48, according to TMCF's Web site. Thurgood Marshall recruits are advised to carry an air of professionalism everywhere they go. For Thurgood Marshall internships and conferences, a dress code of business attire is strictly enforced. Students are also asked to refrain from wearing braids.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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