Report: HBCU Graduates Are Charged Higher Interest Rates on Student Loans
A recent report shows the use of education data in underwriting student loans create economic and racial inequality for black and Hispanic borrowers....
Tag : Students of Color
The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation Donates $5 Million to New Jersey After-School Program
The Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation has given $5 million to Pathways to College, a Newark, NJ-based after-school program that prepares students of color for college....
Meet The Transformative Business Leader Preparing Chicago’s Students Of Color For ‘The Fourth Industrial Revolution’
Leap Innovations CEO Phyllis Lockett transforms public education to get Chicago's students of color ready for the fourth industrial revolution...
D.C. Elementary School Offers Apology After Black Students Were Asked To Portray Slaves
Some students of color at Lafayette Elementary School were asked to portray roles by their peers that were "inappropriate and harmful"...
The 2019 BE Smart Hackathon for Students of Color Kicks Off
Black Enterprise's annual event for STEM students of colors, the BE Smart Hackathon, is bringing HBCUs to Round Rock, Texas, this weekend...
Students of Color Benefit When They’re Promoted but Retain the Same Teacher
There's a name—at least a colloquial name—for the practice of keeping a teacher with the same entire class of students for more than a year:...
Take Down the Financial Barrier to Studying Abroad
One of the conference speakers urged the nearly 180 student attendees to develop not only skill sets, but mind-sets—and one he emphasized is the global...
With White Majority Dwindling, Not Investing in Students of Color Puts the Fabric of Society at Stake
As public schools across the country begin their school year, they will be presented with a strange oxymoron: Minority students now make up the majority...