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Racial Equity Leadership Academy is Partnership Between USC and Achieving the Dream

To support colleges and universities in their efforts to address inequities on campus, Achieving the Dream (ATD) and the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center have collaborated to establish the Racial Equity Leadership Academy (RELA).

February 8, 2021

Leadership & Policy

UNCF and H.E.L.F. Partner to Build HBCU Leadership Pipeline

With the average tenure of a college president steadily decreasing and a “mounting void within HBCU leadership,” the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and the Higher Education Leadership Foundation (H.E.L.F.) have announced a three-year partnership in which they will work together to educate and prepare a pipeline of individuals who wish to serve in leadership […]

February 7, 2020

Students

Common App Receives Two Grants to Help Underrepresented Students Attend College

Common Application, a nonprofit higher education application organization, announced that they received two grants to help provide support for underrepresented students looking to attend college. The Kresge Foundation awarded the Common App $350,000 and the Michelson 20mm Foundation granted the organization $25,000. Three initiatives aimed to help students through the college process including applications, scholarships […]

September 25, 2019