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Spotlight Campus Speakers Program
Our cornerstone program, Campus Speakers Program, sends industry pros to a college campus to speak about industry topics requested by professors and students, as well as possible career advice.
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Spotlight Race & Ethnicity Project
AEF is developing the definitive online exhibition about how American experiences of race and ethnicity have shaped and been shaped by the evolution of advertising over the course of the 20th century.
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Spotlight Bridging the Talent Disconnect Research Study
A groundbreaking research study that explores the issues from the perspective of hiring companies, the academic community and the students themselves.
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Spotlight Archived Materials for Your Class
Resources to augment your classroom learning, from book excerpts to case histories, whitepapers to archived documentaries.
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Bridging the Talent Disconnect Research Study

A groundbreaking research study that explores the issues from the perspective of hiring companies, the academic community and the students themselves. Solutions will only be found by bringing industry and academia together to bridge this talent disconnect.

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Talent Disconnect Research Study

AEF responded to the growing concern in the marketing and advertising industries about the challenge of attracting and retaining the best entry-level talent by conducting the first ever research study that surveyed all stakeholders. Read the results and proposed solutions.

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