PRECINCT REPORTER GROUP NEWS — Every budget defines priorities and values. To put it another way, what’s really important in life gets supported financially. For many families,...
THE TRUE CITIZEN — Planters Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) is accepting applications for the Planters EMC Scholarship. All high school seniors who are the son or daughter...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee, in a note to university community Friday, underscored MTSU’s standing as a destination of choice for first-generation students...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — A new lawsuit against elite universities over the admissions scandal suggests that Black alumni of those schools will likely face new scrutiny and fresh...
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THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — A lot of scholarship money goes unused because officials are not able to match the student to the college and the college...
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA) and TechBirmingham on Friday hosted a Code the Classic Tech Career Expo for more than 100 students...
MILWAUKEE COURIER — A study commissioned by MagnifyMoney, found that 7.06 percent of Milwaukee residents owe more on their student loans than their mortgages.
THE SEATTLE MEDIUM — Get help with your financial aid application at one of Seattle Public Library’s financial aid workshops in October and November.
Patricia Cohen, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — Even with tuition shooting up, the payoff from a college degree remains strong, lifting lifelong...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin All across the country, people are gathering...
Amanda Bennett, HUFFINGTON POST TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (Huffington Post)—On March 10, Elliot Spillers was elected the first African American SGA president at the University of Alabama...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “I decided that my education was the most important thing that I could ever have, because without your education, you...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist One of the most interesting findings of the data recently released by the Census Bureau is that so many recent college graduates...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist We know the commonly repeated claim that there are more Black men in prison than in college isn’t true. But...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Last week, the Obama Administration declared war on 1 million underserved students pursuing higher education throughout the United States. While...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Why does sports play such a prominent role in college education? Does it crowd out the attention we pay to...
[LA Times] Hip-hop star Dr. Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine are donating $70 million to USC for a new academy that they say will give...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Raise your eyes now, and look from the place where you are…for all the land that you see I...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist African American students achieve at a different level than White students. Test scores are lower, as are high school and college...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist On March 4 Oberlin College in Ohio, which has always had an outsized role in the history of Black...
[CNNMONEY] A handful of colleges think they’ve found the secret to closing the gap between the types of graduates they’re turning out and the types of...
Louis Barbash UNCF 202-810-0225 Louis.Barbash@UNCF.org Press Release Wells Fargo Donates $3 Million to UNCF, Investing in America’s Future Leaders Donation extends commitment to help students graduate...
By Akeya Dickson Washington Correspondent NNPA News Service As the interest rates on higher education loans ratchet up higher and higher year to year, loan forgivingness...
