50 Best Colleges for African Americans
Attending college is a rebirth of sorts. You’re smart, ambitious, young, and for the first time in your life, you get to do things your way. Heather Booker’s chapter in...
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Black Colleges Graduating Fewer Students
Roughly 37% of black students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) finish a degree within six years.
Colleges Still Not That Diverse, Study Finds
Georgetown University professor claims racial diversification at U.S. college campuses is slowing down
Heading to College with the Olympics on Your Mind?
Use a planner to schedule your academic responsibilities, athletic commitments, work schedule, and social life. When I was an NCAA Division I student-athlete, I wrote down everything I had to do, from waking up, to class times, practices, games, work, study time, mealtimes, and bedtime!
Critical Mentoring Is Critical to College Success
How that relates to college access means even talking about what it means to go to college, what they can expect once they get there, attending a predominantly white institution vs. a historically black college, what it means to become a black or brown academic—having conversations that mentors and protégées don’t currently have, or not in a way that’s built into the structure of the program.