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
HBCUs Tapping into Uncommon Venture Capital Investment Opportunities Much-needed outpourings of financial pledges and philanthropic gifts totaling more than $300 million have made their way to historically Black colleges and universities since the coronavirus pandemic erupted seven months ago. However, now in
“We are pleased to announce that Edward Waters College, distinctively the state of Florida’s first independent institution of higher learning as well as Florida’s first institution established for the education of African-Americans, will add yet another first to its storied history: the
The Privileged Poor How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students Anthony Abraham Jack An NPR Favorite Book of the Year , Winner of the Critics’ Choice Book Award, American Educational Studies Association Winner of the Mirra Komarovsky Book Award ,Winner of the
The 6th annual BE Smart Hackathon, hosted by Black Enterprise and American Airlines, has concluded, revealing an array of prize-winning teams that represent the best tech talent from the nation’s HBCUs. Team Morehouse, composed of five students from Atlanta-based Morehouse College, scored
Virtual UNCF Maya Angelou Women Who Lead Luncheon raises more than $205K for HBCUs and their Students thanks to Broad Support from Individuals and Corporations – GlobeNewswire During an historic day, UNCF celebrated its 18th annual UNCF Maya Angelou Women Who Lead
Florida A&M University (FAMU) announced this week that it will expand its COVID-19 testing capabilities two-fold as the latest academic institution that joins a growing list of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) benefiting from Thermo Fisher Scientific’s $25 million donation of
Five A&T students will present a business plan to compete against other HBCU students. The top prize is $10,000 scholarship and internship with Ally. GREENSBORO, N.C. — A group of North Carolina A&T students is hoping to bring home the gold this
Capital One is teaming up with a local VC firm and HBCU to mentor and fund underrepresented entrepreneurs in North Texas. As local startup CEO Mandy Price wrote, if you want to invest in underrepresented communities, “See us, don’t turn away from
