higher education
Kayla Willis, a high school senior from Fairburn, Georgia, now has the selection of 31 schools, and is waiting for possible others after sending out applications to 50 schools.
The new year has settled in, and most students are already back to their normal school routine. Also, many are realizing that the summer is fast approaching and that its time to start thinking about applying for scholarships for the upcoming 2019/2020 college season. Here are the top scholarships programs for African-American students to apply […]
New research on racial justice protesters.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is rescinding Obama-era guidance that encouraged schools to take a student’s race into account in order to promote diversity in admissions, a U.S. official said Tuesday. The shift would give schools and universities the federal government’s blessing to take a race-neutral approach to the students they consider for admission. […]
In the George household in New Jersey, they are celebrating two valedictorians this year. Fraternal twins Malik and Miles George were co-valedictorians at their New Jersey high school. Neither of them has gotten a B since the third grade. CBS.com reports: The 18-year-old brothers from New Jersey delivered a rousing and light-hearted speech at their […]
Our future is looking bright with these young people.
YOU JOIN US TODAY TO DISCUSS A SURVEY ABOUT COLLEGE SAVINGS. WHAT DOES IT TELL US? According to Sallie Mae’s 2018 report, How America Saves for College, parents are making progress when it comes to saving for their children’s college education. The report was based on a survey of more than 2,000 parents of children under […]
Descendants of slaves are calling for Georgetown University to atone "for the wealth it unjustly accumulated off the back of unpaid slave labor.”
What is going on with student loans and Black borrowers? A few weeks ago, for the first time ever, the U.S. Department of Education released a report on long-term outcomes for student loan borrowers. The findings were also broken out results by race and ethnicity, and according to an analysis by the Center For American […]
Columbia University has pledged to allocate $100 million over the span of five years towards faculty diversity.
Lipscomb University president Randy Lowry is under fire for displaying cotton-stalk centerpieces and serving stereotypical foods, including collard greens, at a dinner for African-American students.
A new study is out that will give parents of college students another thing to think about. What does it say? If parents of college students, or college-bound students, did not have enough to think about financially – be it paying tuition or dealing with student loans– a new study from Nerdwallet found that college […]