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...
Top ten study abroad destinations for minority students
SLIDESHOW - Studying abroad while in college has increased four fold in the last two decades according to the Open Door Report for 2009...
Noted executive selected to lead Thurgood Marshall college fund
Johnny C. Taylor, an established entrepreneur, lawyer, HR executive and author, was selected to lead the Thurgood Marshall College Fund...
Do we need a black agenda? The experts say yes
VIDEO - African-Americans remain one of the most adversely affected cultural groups in society, especially compared to their white counterparts...
Obama signs law finalizing health care, student loan reform
WASHINGTON (AP) - In this final piece of health reform, Democrats added in a restructuring of the way the government handles loans affecting millions of students...
theGrio Q & A: Obama's HBCU czar on making reform matter
Dr. John S. Wilson, a Morehouse and Harvard alum, explains how education reforms Obama signs into law today will directly impact students of color...
Banks on verge of losing student lending business
WASHINGTON (AP) - Industry lobbyists have watched helplessly as Democrats and the Obama administration this week appear on the verge of shifting student lending from private banks to the federal government....
Obama signs executive order recognizing HBCUs
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama says these schools have felt the pain of the recession most acutely because they enroll a higher proportion of low and middle-income students...
Obama to increase funding to HBCUs
President Obama's administration has agreed to increase funding to the nation's historically Black colleges and universities...
Lincoln University shouldn't throw its weight around
OPINION - Predicating students' (most of them black) educational achievement on bodily appearance threatens to undo many of the positive coping skills that blacks (women in particular) have developed in order to maintain positive mental health.
