departments 50 | STEM
The Need for Greater Focus on Promoting Engineering Among African Americans 52: Why Choose a STEM Major? 56: James Wynn III, Honored As One Of The New Faces In Engineering For 2011 57: School of Medicine Honors Its First African American Women Graduates
62 | Health Care
Why Diversity Matters in the Health Professions 65: Working in Pharmaceuticals Sales
69 | Education A Current Look at Education 69: African Americans and STEM Degrees 69: Nearly Three Million African Americans Are Currently Enrolled in Higher Education 70: Black Men May Have Stemmed the Tide 70: Closing the Gender Gap in African American Law School Enrollments 71: Black Women at Top Law Schools Today 71: Why Do Black Women Excel in Legal Education? 72: Gripping the Realities of Graduate School
74 | Finance & Banking Avoiding Common Business Loan Mistakes 78: Important Financial Steps for 2011 83: 5 Money Saving Tips for 2011
84 | Business & Franchising The National Coalition Celebrates 86: What Are The Keys To Franchise Success?
88 | Career Development Growing Your Business Among the $1 Trillion Dollar Latina, Black, and Asian Women of Color Market
90 | Special Report: Making Strides in Diversity Gloria Pualani, Director at Northrop Grumman Corp. 92: Mel Parker, V.P. & G.M. at Dell, Inc. 94: Black EOE Journal Recognizes Raytheon’s BEYA Award Recipients, Bonita Fortner & Tavon Brooks 95: Carolynn Brooks, Chief Diversity Officer, OfficeMax
96 | Subscriptions 97 | Advertiser’s Index, Community Listings
Black EOE Journal
Edition III/Summer 2011 Volume 25, Number 3 The Black EOE Journal is widely
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