New App Aims to Raise $1 Billion for HBCUs by Collecting Spare Change
HBCU Change is a new app that aims to raise $1 billion for HBCUs over the next five years by collecting spare change from users.
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The White House ‘Beating the Odds’ Summit
Co-sponsored by the I Have A Dream Foundation, among other college access programs, the event brought together students from communities across the U.S. who have overcome seemingly daunting odds to enroll in college---such as poverty, homelessness, immigration status, and learning disability.
Economic Woes Could Seep into the Student Loan Market
With the annual cost of tuition and fees at a four-year private institution averaging $23,712, it’s no surprise that students sought more than $148 billion in financial aid during the 2006–2007 academic school year. However, funding for college may not be as readily available, as some low-cost federal student loan programs dry up and private student loans become harder to get.
Apollo-Ready! UpStaged, Where ‘March Madness Meets Pitch Perfect,’ Takes Over The Fragmented Student Performing Arts Market
How untapped is the student performing arts market? Check this out.
High School Diploma? I’ll Take an Associate Degree with That!
One solution? Early college high schools like IBM’s P-TECH and those developed by Bard College, the selective liberal arts school in upstate New York. Graduates from such schools earn a high school diploma and an associate degree in either four years or six, potentially cutting the cost of college in half.