Earlier this year, IBM and Merck & Co. announced a national hiring and training network designed to support the careers of Black workers. The network is an outgrowth of OneTen, a new coalition of more than 50 major corporations -- including AT&T, Target, and Walmart -- that is aiming to hire and promote 1 million Black workers into higher-paying jobs over the coming decade. 
Michael Ellison
But as companies, at last, make a serious effort to diversify their workforce, higher education, too, has a large role to play. Over the last decade, colleges and universities have tackled challenges around completion; now, they must turn their attention to answering the question: completion to what end?
Black graduates are nearly twice as likely as white graduates to be unemployed after earning a college degree. It’s perhaps unsurprising then that nearly one-third of Black Americans are now skeptical of the value of college, compared to just 14 percent of white Americans, according to a survey from New America. Higher education must redesign career services to better support students of color. Here are four ways colleges and universities can begin to ensure college is worth the investment for all of their students.
Expose Students to Careers Early and Often
