The Obama Administration is launching an experimental initiative to provide Pell grants to high school students enrolling in college courses. The initiative targets low-income students.
First Lady Michelle Obama hosted the third annual College Signing Day in Harlem. About 4, 000 high school seniors and several celebrities joined Mrs. Obama for the event to promote higher education.
A new report says the college graduation gap between Black and Whites students remains, even with an overall increase in graduation rates. But some institutions are successfully helping to close the gap.
Pew Research says Black and Hispanic parents see the need for a college degree more than White parents do. The researchers say the difference is based in aspiration and resources.
A group of Black law students at Washington and Lee University are demanding that the school’s administration publicly denounce its Confederate past and distance the…
An interesting wrinkle arose on Friday regarding the emerging relationship betweenCAA and Jay-Z’s new firm, Roc Nation. Based on rules passed by the NFLPA in…
