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HARTFORD, Conn., July 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ If you re a recent college graduate, you know it s a hard, competitive world when it comes to starting a career in your desired industry. However, some colleges can give their graduates a leg up thanks to the relationships they ve forged with business and industry in booming sectors.
Graduates need to ensure that the first job they land after college is a high-quality position. There s a lot of income at stake. In fact, as CNBC notes, Students who have a desirable job lined up after college are more than twice as likely to be earning $60,000 a year more than those graduates who took between two and 12 months.
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March 10, 2021
Drexel University announced a collaboration with Merck & Co., Inc., on a new initiative that will help diverse business owners enhance their leadership and business acumen and strengthen and grow their companies. The inaugural cohort of the newly launched “Merck Drexel Advanced Leadership Program for Diverse Suppliers (Merck Drexel ALP)” began coursework for the four-month certificate program last week.
This new initiative is the latest collaboration between Merck and the University and is being managed by Drexel’s Solutions Institute, which serves as the gateway for industry to connect with and leverage the University’s capabilities.
“We are thrilled to be able to further expand our relationship with Merck to help support their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts,” said Anna Koulas, vice president of the Solutions Institute. “The Merck Drexel ALP is a testament to the collective responsibility that both Drexel and Merck feel to further support
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“Integrity, integration, inclusivity, impact and innovation” are the watchwords of Drexel’s new 10-year strategic plan, which was released Dec. 17.
The two-year undertaking is summarized in a brief framework, called “Drexel 2030: Designing the Future,” that outlines the initiatives, values and goals that will guide Drexel through the anticipated challenges of the coming decade.
The plan was drafted against a backdrop of changing trends in higher education, specifically demographic declines in high school graduates and international students, and it was made more urgent over the past year by the closure of Hahnemann Hospital and the acquisition of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, the pivot to remote instruction, and nationwide calls for racial equity.