UNCF Reimagines Online Learning to Pipeline Black Talent to the Tech Industry
UNCF and Deloitte Digital plan for, HBCUv, a new online learning platform for HBCU students. The platform will pipeline Black students to the tech industry.
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Using Venture Philanthropy to Invest in Entrepreneurs and Communities
Venture Philanthropy combines the power of Venture Capital resources with the potential positive impact of philanthropic ideas. Christal Jackson founded Head and Heart Philanthropy (HHP) to bring together leaders in...
Moving the Numbers
Ramsey Smith, Ph.D., is a space scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, whose duties include monitoring the atmosphere of solar planets, mainly Mars and Jupiter. Excited about his work, Smith, 31, only wishes more African Americans could experience the opportunities of such a dynamic field.
Continuing Education
A recent study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that master’s degree recipients earn about $13,000 more in wages per year than those who hold a bachelor’s degree alone.
Special Report: Leadership Lessons from the President
Barack Obama was known as “No Drama Obama†during his historic presidential campaign. And according to actor and author Hill Harper, a Harvard Law School classmate of Obama’s and a member of his National Finance Committee, Obama’s overall organizational skills are exemplary—clearly demonstrated in how he won the national election. “He was the CEO of one of the most organized, if not the most organized, campaigns in history,†Harper remarks.