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JERMAINE TAYLOR EDUCATION University of California, Los Angeles Extension (Online), Los Angeles, CA Certificate, College Counseling, Expected December 2016 “Counseling the College Bound Student” (X 414.81) (Enrolled) “The College Admissions Process” (X 414.82) (Enrolled) CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY Master’s, Journalism, May 2012, 3.35 G.P.A. Thesis : The Rise and Fall of ForProfit Colleges: Advocacy Groups, Lobbyists, and the Pushback on Reform DePauw University, Greencastle, IN Bachelor’s, Philosophy, May 2003 EXPERIENCE Founder & EditorInChief, America’s #1 College Access News and Information Service SponsoringYoungPeople.org, New York, NY, 8/2013 – Present Serve as primary writer and editor of the news service, a firstofitskind college access news and information service catering to lowincome students and families. Actively manage blog, featuring news, Q&A interviews, advice and opinions from experts and practitioners across the college access and admissions landscape. Freelance Reporter/Writer, Various Publications Independent, 5/2013 Present As a freelance reporter and writer, my work has appeared in such publication as the Chronicle of Higher Education and School Library Journal, among others. News Associate, CNBC NBCUniversal, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 9/2012 – 5/2013 Served as writer/junior web producer for CNBC.com, producing content that syndicated to such news outlets as USA Today, NBC News and Yahoo! Finance Originated beat covering higher education, financial literacy, student debt, and the state of the millennial job market Information Assistant, Melrose Branch Library New York Public Library, New York, NY, 8/2004 – 7/2005 & 8/2006 – 10/2010 Administered Click On @ the Library computer training series at several branches for seniors and other NYPL community members Assisted with NYPL's Rikers Island Correctional Outreach program, where NYPL staff supplied books, study aids, and various other resources to inmates Resident Counselor, Office of Residence Life Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy, Aurora, IL, 8/2005 – 6/2006 Supervise and counsel 24 high school students in a residential dormitory wing of the school, tracking their academic growth and extracurricular involvement Administer residential curriculum, emphasizing goalsetting, ethical decisionmaking, communitybuilding and positive risktaking Serve as a liaison between parents, faculty and other Academy staff members ASSOCIATIONS New York State Association for College Admission Counseling, National Association of Black Journalists

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 JERMAINE TAYLOR  

EDUCATION  University of California, Los Angeles Extension (Online), Los Angeles, CA 

● Certificate, College Counseling, Expected December 2016 ○ “Counseling the College Bound Student” (X 414.81) (Enrolled) ○ “The College Admissions Process” (X 414.82) (Enrolled) 

 CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY 

▪ Master’s, Journalism, May 2012, 3.35 G.P.A. Thesis: The Rise and Fall of For­Profit Colleges: Advocacy Groups, Lobbyists, and the Pushback on Reform  

DePauw University, Greencastle, IN ▪ Bachelor’s, Philosophy, May 2003  

 EXPERIENCE 

 Founder & Editor­In­Chief, America’s #1 College Access News and Information Service SponsoringYoungPeople.org, New York, NY, 8/2013 – Present  

▪ Serve as primary writer and editor of the news service, a first­of­its­kind college access                           news and information service catering to low­income students and families. 

▪ Actively manage blog, featuring news, Q&A interviews, advice and opinions from experts                       and practitioners across the college access and admissions landscape. 

 Freelance Reporter/Writer, Various Publications Independent, 5/2013 ­ Present 

▪ As a freelance reporter and writer, my work has appeared in such publication as the                             Chronicle of Higher Education and School Library Journal, among others.  

News Associate, CNBC NBCUniversal, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 9/2012 – 5/2013  

▪ Served as writer/junior web producer for CNBC.com, producing content that syndicated to                       such news outlets as USA Today, NBC News and Yahoo! Finance 

▪ Originated beat covering higher education, financial literacy, student debt, and the state of                         the millennial job market 

 Information Assistant, Melrose Branch Library New York Public Library, New York, NY, 8/2004 – 7/2005 & 8/2006 – 10/2010  

▪ Administered Click On @ the Library computer training series at several branches for                         seniors and other NYPL community members 

▪ Assisted with NYPL's Rikers Island Correctional Outreach program, where NYPL staff                     supplied books, study aids, and various other resources to inmates  

Resident Counselor, Office of Residence Life Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy, Aurora, IL, 8/2005 – 6/2006  

▪ Supervise and counsel 24 high school students in a residential dormitory wing of the                           school, tracking their academic growth and extra­curricular involvement 

▪ Administer residential curriculum, emphasizing goal­setting, ethical decision­making,             community­building and positive risk­taking 

▪ Serve as a liaison between parents, faculty and other Academy staff members  

ASSOCIATIONS  New York State Association for College Admission Counseling, National Association of Black                       Journalists  

 

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PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES   Maria del Carmen Flores­Mills Associate Dean of the College Franklin & Marshall College (609) 423­8202 [email protected]  Jeanette Johnson­Licon Assistant Dean of Students, Student Life DePauw University (765) 658­4270 [email protected]  Teran Tadal Associate Director Wharton Undergraduate Division University of Pennsylvania (215) 746­4032 [email protected]  Joshua Steckel Co­Author, Hold Fast to Dreams: A College Guidance Counselor, His Students, and the Vision of a Life Beyond Poverty (The New Press) College Counselor Brooklyn School of Collaborative Studies New York Outward Bound Schools (718) 923­4601 [email protected]  Cindy Perman Senior News Editor CNBC (201) 735­4826 [email protected]  Dawn Holloway Branch Supervisor Morris Park Library NYPL (718) 931­0636 [email protected]  Derick Scarborough Former Hall Coordinator Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy [email protected] (815) 501­3642