Oprah Donates $13 Million To Morehouse College, Largest In School’s History
Oprah Winfrey increased her endowment at Morehouse College on Monday by donating $13 million in addition to the $12 million pledged back in 1989.
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$1 Million Hult Prize Goes to Student Team from Earlham College
After lunch, I returned to the CGI Annual Meeting and attended a session on Achieving Universal Quality Education, which I’ll be writing about next week. But after that session I ran into one of the students on Earlham’s winning team—Iman Cooper, whose megawatt smile is hard to overlook. I also met Wyclife Omondi, another member of the four-person team, who is originally from Kenya. I didn’t get to meet the other two team members, Leslie Ossete, originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sonia Kabra, who hails from India, so I resolved to attend the Earlham alumni event—which had now become a Hult Prize celebration—that night.
College Presidents Aren’t Much More Diverse than They Ever Were
Interestingly, gains that did occur accrued mostly to African Americans. The percentage of African American college presidents increased from 5.9% five years ago to 7.9% in 2016.
Republicans May End Day Care Allowing Student Parents to Attend College
But now House Republicans are proposing the elimination of the Child Care Access Means Parents in School grant, which helps about 5,000 student parents across the country go to school by paying for their child care.
Millennial CEO Latasha Kinnard Speaks To College Grads On Coping With Student Loans
Millennial CEO Latasha Kinnard shares five smart ways that new college grads can reduce the burden of student loan debt.