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Hennessy Launches $10 Million Fund for HBCU Graduate Students

Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Hennessy have partnered up to launch of the Hennessy Fellows program, a $10 million graduate scholarship initiative designed to equip the next generation of African American leaders through financial assistance, access, and real-world skill application.

Class of 2016 – Beating the Odds

As long as large numbers of students of color remain ill-prepared to succeed in and navigate our postsecondary system of education, we will continue to have an urgent, national conversation about income inequality. The lack of financial aid, the lack of high-quality K-12 teachers in communities of color, and the lack of guidance from professionals about the college experience is a recipe for disaster that will continue to trap our nation’s future in poverty. You see, when a young man or woman is denied access to opportunity through education, we all lose.

Proposed Education Cuts

President George W. Bush’s 2009 education budget proposal has many black educators concerned about the effect of federal cuts on historically black colleges and universities. Lezli Baskerville, president and CEO...

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