In this story, published February 16, 2021, in Bisnow, Collete English Dixon, executive director of the Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate at Roosevelt University, weighed in on the increase she’s seen in interest among banks, wealth management and private equity firms involved in commercial real estate in recruiting Black graduates and students.
Bisnow reported, “Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the nation are experiencing a surge in interest this year as much of the business world, including the commercial real estate industry, has vowed to do more to promote inclusion.”
While MBIRE is not an Historically Black College and University, when a CRE firm makes a hire from the school, it is often a person of color due to the student body demographics – and it is someone ready to hit the ground running in CRE.
MBIRE offers one of the country’s most diverse graduate real estate program with the school’s Master of Science in Real Estate (MSRE) program often drawing at least 50% Black students and people of color.
