"Once you understand the skills profile, you can focus on the elements of your course that have helped you develop those skills," says Gary Argent, director of careers, student development and outreach at City University, London.
As for the university's outgoing director of black student development, if she honestly believes that African-American and other minority students are going to feel better accepted on an isolated campus in an upper-class white suburb than at Berkeley (where no ethnic group is a majority), she is leaving Cal not a moment too soon.
STONY BROOK--Named Courtney Sanfelippo director of student-athlete development.
NOTRE DAME--Named Charmelle Green director of student-athlete development and welfare.
The summer before her sophomore year, she approached Leslie Barnes, director of student-athlete development, and together the two plotted a course for the program.
Paul Jackson, director of student support and development at the University of Leicester, said his institution was "looking closely at how to embed corporate skills into the curriculum at the undergraduate stage".
COLLEGES KANSAS--Named Danny Manning director of student-athlete development-team manager of men's basketball program.
Dr Tim Westlake, Manchester University's director of student recruitment, admissions and international development, says the city of Manchester's brand and its football teams have played a big part in making the university attractive to Chinese students.
We don't need a 'marketing office' at universities, but a 'talent-search office'". Tim Westlake is director of student recruitment, admissions and international development at Manchester University, where students from outside the European Union account for 8% of the university's £650m turnover.
