Director’s Blog – April 2021
Thursday, April 1st, 2021This is the inaugural post in a monthly series where I’ll share links of interest sourced from sites, databases, and journals brought to you by Ford Library. Thanks for reading and sharing your feedback!
From the Wall Street Journal
All of the linked articles below require a WSJ.com account which you can create here. Ford Library has funded your access to personal accounts on WSJ.com!
- Big Employers of Business School Grads Are Customizing Degrees
– Bespoke degree programs sometimes funded by firms give grads missing skills pre-hire. Fuqua’s degree programs already fill these gaps! - UPS Boss Preaches the Power of ‘No’
– The first outsider to lead the 114 year old company is remaking it in her image. - The Daughter of a Slave Who Did the Unthinkable: Build a Bank
– The first Black woman to run a U.S. bank, Maggie Lena Walker opened St. Luke Penny Savings Bank on the first floor of St. Luke Hall on November 2, 1903, in Richmond, Va..
New Resources – DE&I Emphasis
This section features new online content we’ve added. This month’s entry will focus on DE&I content. Enjoy!
- New Scholarly Journal – Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: an international journal
– Many thanks to Fuqua Prof. Angelica Leigh for her recommendation! - New on Duke OverDrive – Black Fortunes: the Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires, by Shomari Wills.
– available in both e-book and audiobook formats. - Suggested Article – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Operations Research and Analytics: A Research Agenda for Scholarship, Practice, and Service, Tutorials in Operations Research, November 2020.