By Ivory Toldson Ongoing discussions about federal priorities and fiscal decisions have the potential to significantly reshape higher education access and affordability for generations to come. As we examine the potential consequences of various fiscal approaches like the current budget reconciliation, it becomes imperative to understand how potential budget reductions — particularly those that could affect Pell
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The Trump administration is asking federal agencies to cancel their remaining federal contracts with Harvard University, worth an estimated $100 million, according to a government official. A letter from the U.S. General Services Administration, which is dated Tuesday, tells agencies to submit a list of contracts they have terminated with the university by June 6.
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Written By Lexx Thornton As children, when we are in school and taught about Africa, we are taught that it is the motherland. The unstable motherland, the unhealthy motherland, the poor and starving motherland. As we have grown and uncovered history we find out that what we were taught isn’t100% accurate. Africa is rich in
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Written By Lexx Thornton HBCUs, or Historically Black Colleges and Universities, are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the primary goal of serving the African American community. They are significant because they provided access to education during a time of racial segregation and have a rich history
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Written By Lexx Thornton Amber Murray knows what it’s like to be on the other side of “I’ll stop for gas in the morning.”The idea for her business, Fuel Flo, came to her after she accidentally ran out of gas whiledriving. “I figure if I hate stopping for gas that much, someone else has to
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