HBCU Student Among the 8 Black Truman Scholars
The organization selects young people who are committed to leadership in public service and supports their graduate education and professional development.
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Degrees of Debt, Not Opportunity
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld Obama administration rules that would deny federal aid to programs that bury students in debt.
Young Gifted and Black: 10-Year-Old Genius Finds Niche in School For the Gifted
Parents of two gifted children explain what they do to support their education: lay the foundation early, sacrifice, take responsibility, and much more.
Enrollment in Predatory For-Profit Graduate Schools Is Steady
Although much has been reported about for-profit schools defrauding and misleading students, much less information is available about the for-profit graduate sector. The Center for American Progress says there is plenty of cause for concern.
Bridging the Gap Between Higher Ed’s Rhetoric and Reality
The common thread running through all that I’ve learned? We live in a nation increasingly anxious and angry over real and widening gaps. Gaps between the more educated and less educated. The well-off and the economically vulnerable. Urbanites and rural residents. White and non-white. And the list goes on. Beneath all of it is a sense that a significant part of our nation has been left behind, that the state of our union is more fractured than we realized.