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Unfortunately, a child’s odds of receiving a great education too often comes down to the income of the parents or the color of his or her skin. While the graduation rate for all students is at an all-time high, at 82%, only 40% of those students are ready for college. Only 12% of black students, 25% of Hispanic students, and 20% of low-income white students who graduate from high school are prepared for college classes (ACT 2015 data).
Many young people have not yet fully grasped that what they share online can derail their college and career plans before they get off the ground.
At the United Negro College Fund's (UNCF) 65th anniversary dinner in New York, publisher Earl G. Graves Sr. and Caroline Kennedy received awards of distinction for their commitment to the education of black students.
At the quarterly faculty/staff assembly at Stillman College last August, several employees expressed concern about potential layoffs. “I said I would do whatever was necessary to ensure that everyone could keep their jobs,†said Ernest McNealy, president of the Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based HBCU, who thinks of his employees as family. After consulting with staff managers and human resources, McNealy concluded that furloughs were a better option than layoffs and decided that all of the non-teaching employees would have to participate, including himself.
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