By Ashley Mowreader For many college students, identifying a career path and establishing the skills they need to land their first postgraduate job can be a challenge. A 2024 Student Voice survey by Inside Higher Ed, conducted by Generation Lab, found 68 percent of students
By Ashley Mowreader For many college students, identifying a career path and establishing the skills they need to land their first postgraduate job can be a challenge. A 2024 Student Voice survey by Inside Higher Ed, conducted by Generation Lab, found 68 percent of students are at least somewhat stressed thinking about and preparing for their life after
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By Jessica Grant Scholarships intended for minority students at public colleges and universities in Texas are currently frozen or being amended amid the state’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ban. Last June, Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 17 into law, effectively banning DEI offices, diversity training for students and employees, and ideological oaths and statements at public institutions.
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By Brooke Brinson Two Howard University students – Jada Ingleton and Jasper Smith – have been named as fellows of the 2024 HBCU Media Collective, a program led by Dow Jones and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Ingleton and Smith are joining six other HBCU students selected by their deans and faculty members to participate in the program, which
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By Lora Lavigne Raleigh, North Carolina (WRAL) — A pair of 17-year-old twins from Enloe Magnet High School are making quite a name for themselves. Not only did the siblings earn more than one million dollars in scholarships, they were accepted into 15 college institutions. Despite the challenges of an unprecedented school year, twins Reagan
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A coalition of companies from every sector of the music business, including SONY MUSIC GROUP, CONCORD MUSIC GROUP, GRANDSTAND MEDIA and SUB POP RECORDS, have connected with leading HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCUs), using a career portal created by a group of music industry professionals. The goal of the HBCU MUSIC BUSINESS PIPELINE is
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Morgan Stanley To Cover Tuition For 60 HBCU Students *Sixty students at three historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) will have their entire tuition paid by Morgan Stanley, the company announced Wednesday. The four-year academic and needs-based scholarships are part of its HBCU Scholars program, available to students at Howard University, Morehouse College and Spelman College. The scholarships will be open to students in
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In 2017, Fifth Third Bank, National Association, implemented a multicultural college and university recruitment program that establishes relationships with multiple colleges to recruit, hire and retain the best and brightest students.As part of the strategy, the Bank has deepened its relationships with traditional colleges as well as Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as a
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The golf foursome of Phil Mickelson, Charles Barkley, Stephen Curry and Peyton Manning have found a tee time. The superstar athletes will square off Friday, Nov. 27 at Stone Canyon Golf Club in Oro Valley, Ariz., for Capital One’s The Match 3: Champions for Change. Presented by Turner Sports, the match will be exclusively televised
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Fashion Designer Virgil Abloh Joins Fashion Scholarship Fund Governing Board Shares Information on Scholarships and Opportunities Offered through the Virgil Abloh “Post-Modern” Scholarship Fund Supporting Next Generation of Black Fashion Industry Leaders The Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) announced today that designer Virgil Abloh will be joining its Board of Governors. In this role, Abloh
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Gateway Health Introduces Playbook To Address Racial Inequality Includes $1MM in Scholarships and Targeted Charitable Giving to Black Communities Gateway Health Plan, Inc. (“Gateway Health”), a leading managed care organization dedicated to caring for the “total health” of its members, today announced its new playbook to address inequality in the Black community. According to the
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