TheGrio's 100: Jill Scott, R&B star broadens the future for college-bound kids

TheGrio's 100 - If Jill Scott isn't recording or touring for a Grammy-award winning album, chances are the soulful songstress is lending her voice to Blues Babe Foundation...

Mary J Blige's fragrance sends 25 women to college

Amanda Alcantara

VIDEO - Mary J Blige empowers women not only through her hit songs such as "Real Life" and "No More Drama" but also through her new fragrance, "My Life"....

The Young, Gifted & Black: A look at African-American education

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OPINION - The status quo is unacceptable, the comfortable need to be afflicted, and when it comes to the education of our students, no matter what age, they all deserve the best...

What colleges are doing right for black male students

Dr.Karl Reid

OPINION - Our young men are an endangered breed. And the higher the level of education, the more endangered they are...

Wired up? HBCUs look to increase online ed presence

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Blacks comprised about 12 percent of total enrollment in higher education in 2007 but were 21 percent of students at for-profit institutions -- many of which are online...

Why bad-mouthing HBCUs shows little class

Dr.Michael Lomax

OPINION - Today as in times past, HBCUs give the best and the brightest an education which can catapult them to careers of success, service and distinction...

Private colleges 'act local' with financial aid

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(AP) - By targeting local students in financial need, Northwestern is seeking to boost minority enrollment...

Obama's big blow to banks: Student loan reform

Noel Anderson

OPINION - This initiative would save over $60 billion dollars over 10 years by ending subsidies to commercial and private lenders providing student loans...

African-Americans need to re-open the book on education

Ronda Racha Penrice

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...

House boosts college aid for students in need

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Riding the coattails of a historic health care vote, the House on Sunday also passed a broad reorganization of college aid that affects millions of students...

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TheGrio's 100: Jill Scott, R&B star broadens the future for college-bound kids

Mary J Blige's fragrance sends 25 women to college

The Young, Gifted & Black: A look at African-American education

What colleges are doing right for black male students

Why bad-mouthing HBCUs shows little class

Private colleges 'act local' with financial aid

Obama's big blow to banks: Student loan reform

African-Americans need to re-open the book on education

House boosts college aid for students in need

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