Higher Ed Portfolio
As a 20 year professional in higher education, I share information for parents and college students to help them apply to college, pay for college and maximize opportunities through internships.
Resume and Interviews
Finding an Internship Program
Use Your Winter Break to Find a Summer Internship
Once you get back to school, your summer internship or graduate school search time might be more limited, so take advantage of your open winter schedule. Be smart, get a head of the game and this summer you will be glad that you did.
Five Ways to Find an Internship Today!
You want to know how to find an internship. Here are five ways to find an internship today! It’s Always internship season – summer, fall, winter, spring, it doesn’t matter.
Finding Summer 2021 Internships Post COVID-19
It’s time to start working on finding summer 2021 internships, even if COVID-19 is still around.
How Diverse is Your Internship Program?
When was the last time you hired a Black intern? If your company or organization has had an internship program for any period of time, and you can’t recall the last time you had a Black or Latinx intern, that is a problem. Just how diverse is your internship...
Paying for College
Has Coronavirus Cancelled Your Commencement?
Across the country, or rather the world, Coronavirus has cancelled commencement for millions of college students.
Commencement is supposed to be the culmination and celebration of years of late nights, physical and financial sacrifices, tears, work, stress and unforgettable moments. The day when friends and family and your tribe that has held you down for years, stands proudly and screams loudly as your name is called.
The College Admissions Scandal: Inequality in Higher Ed Goes Beyond Admissions
Our current culture often sends the message that only a few select schools lead to success. This idea that your worth as a person is tied to the college that you attend is running rampant. The rich and the not so rich, often go to extremes to gain any possible advantage in college admissions.
4 Things to Do Three Months Before College Graduation
It's February. Three months before the members of the graduating class triumphantly enter the ranks of the "real-world." Across the U.S. college seniors are experiencing mixed emotions ranging from excitement to anxiety, from stress to fear. Job, new apartment,...
Five Books for the Broke College Student
Being a broke college student is not fun, but being broke after college could really suck. Don't bury your head too far in the sand and ignore that fact that your student loan debts are mounting with each semester. Before you graduate, educate your self on how to make...