Tag: Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF): Page 3

African-American

A Seasoned HBCU Leader Takes the Helm of TMCF

Dr. Harry Williams, the new leader of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund is known among peers for his focused, successful, low-key approach to tough challenges.

January 3, 2018

African-American

TMCF and Koch Collaboration Looks to Former Education Official to Lead Research Organization

A new research initiative created to support HBCUs and research fragile communities that lack access to education and economic opportunities has named Gerard Robinson, an education scholar and former school official, as its new executive director.

December 11, 2017

Students

Parents Need Charters, Change and Choice

While much progress has been made, the promise of equal access to quality education has not been fully fulfilled.

October 9, 2017

African-American

Taylor Leaving Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., is stepping down after seven years as president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the venerable national representative of publicly-supported historically Black colleges and universities.

June 4, 2017

Students

Advocates View HBCUs’ Future Warily

TMCF President Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. suggested that HBCUs and their advocates need to begin planning what the institutions need to look like 50 years from now, to ensure they are keeping up with the constant changes in the generations to come.

May 29, 2017

African-American

Congressional Black Caucus Not Buying Trump’s ‘Unwavering Support’ of HBCUs

Two leading Democratic Black lawmakers on Monday slammed President Donald J. Trump’s attempt to walk back his previous comments questioning the constitutionality of a program that helps support HBCUs.

May 8, 2017

Students

Presidents Hope Funding Follows White House Taking Lead on HBCUs

The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities will move from the U.S. Department of Education to the White House, per an executive order on HBCUs signed by President Donald Trump on Tuesday afternoon.

February 28, 2017

Students

HBCUs, Advocates Looking for Help from Trump on Funding

WASHINGTON — The nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are pushing for President Donald Trump to set aside more federal contracts and grants for their schools, and take a greater hand in their welfare by moving responsibility for a key program for those colleges to the White House. The presidents of the nation’s 100-plus […]

February 27, 2017

African-American

Advocates Cautiously Optimistic About Potential Executive Order on HBCUs

While there has been no word from the White House on when the order might be released and what directives it might contain, organizations have laid out their own proposals for what the order could accomplish.

February 19, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Trump Issue Dividing Howard University Administration, Students

In a town hall meeting on Tuesday night, students expressed disappointment that the administration of the nation’s flagship historically Black university had not done more to put itself at the frontline of resistance to the new administration.

February 15, 2017

Students

Ethics and the 21st Century HBCU

The real question is this: how do we achieve this seemingly elusive goal of ensuring the success of the HBCU while still upholding the college’s mission and longstanding legacy?

February 8, 2017

Students

TMCF Boss: Nothing Political About $26M Gift from Kochs

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund announced on Thursday the launch of the Center for Advancing Opportunity, which is supported by a $26 million gift from the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch Industries.

January 12, 2017