COOP in the News

This nonprofit helps first-generation grads form career connections

By Virginia Backaitis for The New York Post

Published Nov. 26, 2023, 8:18 a.m. ET

You’d think having a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Buffalo State would be enough to land a job that pays a livable wage, especially half a decade after you graduate.

Not so for 31-year-old Calvin Sauveur. He spent the first several years after he earned his diploma underemployed, either because his jobs didn’t pay enough or because he couldn’t find a full-time job in his field.

No matter how well he performed, “there was no progress,” he said.

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