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A graduate degree can boost your earning potential and your job prospects. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports people with master’s degrees make an average $13,000 more per year than those with bachelor’s degrees. But getting there takes an enormous time and money commitment. Many Native students consider advanced degrees out of reach. But there are support programs that help Native student pay for and cope with the rigors of graduate school.
Guests:
Corey M. Still, Ph.D. (Citizen of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians) – Director of Student Programming and Research at the American Indian Graduate Center
Antonia Belindo (Citizen of the Kiowa Tribe with ancestry from the Pawnee, Choctaw, and Diné nations) – American Indian Programs and Services Coordinator at University of Oklahoma
Katee Colbert – (Citizen of the Muscogee Nation and also descends from the Pawnee and Seminole Nations, as well as the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas) – graduate student at University of Oklahoma
Break 1 Music: Go My Son (ill Franklyn Remix) (single) Ill franklyn (artist)
Break 2 music: Tapwe Oma (song) Fawn Wood (artist) Iskwewak (album)
