Students of Color

Programs and Groups

The Graduate Students Mentoring Circles are an initiative created by Career Advising and Professional Development (CAPD) and the Office of Graduate Education (OGE). The Mentoring Circles connect current graduate students with alumni who provide relevant perspectives on pathways to academic and industry careers.

The Office of Academic Community, Empowerment, and Success (OACES) has professional development and academic excellence programs such as The CRWN, Interphase EDGE, Laureates & Leaders, Momentum, Master Your Future, and The Standard that help undergraduates explore career and graduate/professional school options and prepare for the future.

Engage has a list of academic and pre-professional and cultural student groups. Consider getting involved with groups that combine your academic/professional interests and aspects of your identity. For example, you could join groups like the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Minority Business Association (MBA), and Society of Underrepresented Biologists and Biological Engineers (SUBE).

Resources

The MIT Alumni Advisors Hub is an online platform that facilitates one to one career conversations with alumni volunteers who are willing to chat and share career and professional advice. See the video How to search for an advisor – tips & filters, to learn how to filter alumni by affinity group. Affinity groups available on Advisor’s Hub include Black Alumni of MIT (BAMIT), Latino/a Alumni of MIT (LAMIT), and the South Asian Alumni Association (MITSAAA).

Employers

• Incorporate CAPD’s recommended practices for recruiting underrepresented candidates. These practices aim to remove inequities in recruiting.
• Review MIT data/resources and commit to Pay Equity for your employees.
• Read this Handshake article to learn about 3 Hiring Practices that Disadvantage Black Students and how you can make your recruiting practices more equitable.