Kathy Slaughter often wakes up in the middle of the night, thinking off all of the what-ifs that could occur once her daughter Allison, 18, starts her freshman year of college at Stanford University next month. What if Allison ends up disliking the school or needs something? Or what is she...

On May 15, First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the Class of 2011 at Spelman College, a historically black college for women in Atlanta that was one of Black Enterprise’s “Top 50 Colleges for African Americans.” Evidence of emotion and excitement about Mrs. Obama’s...

Alas, winter break is around the corner and your plans for the month long hiatus from school are etched in stone: sleep, party, relax, shop, sleep, party, watch TV…. But while you’re planning to catch up on the hundred hours of lost sleep due to the Thirsty Thursday shin-digs and...