US college enrollment highest in 40 years
WASHINGTON (AP) - College freshman enrollment among African-Americans jumped by 8 percent in 2008...
Homeless, abandoned and…college-bound?
Orayne Williams, 18, who is homeless, has an A average and will attend a community college on a scholarship...
Black male school reports 100 percent college acceptance
Urban Prep Academy's announcement was met with skeptics, some of whom said that being accepted to college is not the same as actually attending...
Philly grandmother, mother, and daughter to graduate together
From The Philadelphia Inquirer - They didn't plan it this way, but life events brought all three - grandmother, mother, and daughter - to graduate together next month...
Obama gets high marks when it comes to HBCUs
OPINION - Relative to past presidents, Obama is doing more than others to help these struggling institutions...
Black college students get a lesson in cyber-racism
OPINION - Sadly, a network connection only allows students to perfect their racism, with high-tech anonymity in some cases, and without accountability...
'Sherpa' helps first-gen college students climb to the top
VIDEO - Only 11 percent of students in the first generation of their families to graduate college successfully complete school, but the Univ. of Cincinnati is working to break the cycle...
Congress alters student lending, hikes Pell Grants
WASHINGTON (AP) - The legislation will give more needy students access to bigger college Pell Grants and make it easier for many future borrowers to repay their government-backed loans...
African-Americans need to re-open the book on education
OPINION - Although I like to think of education as a tool for personal enrichment, the fact is most people go to college to get a job...
'March Madness' isn't amateur, it's big league exploitation
OPINION - The amount of money made during March Madness exceeds that which is earned in the playoffs for the NFL, NBA or Major League Baseball...
