Tag: National Black Justice Coalition

Students

Report: Almost Half of Student Debt is Being Repaid Through Income-Driven Plans

As of 2017, approximately half of student debt is being repaid through income-driven plans, says a report issued by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this month. The report, titled “Income-Driven Repayment Plans for Student Loans: Budgetary Cost and Policy Options,” examines the budgetary costs and policy options of income-driven student loan repayment plans. These plans […]

February 17, 2020

LGBTQ+

Report: Diminishing Financial Aid for Low-Income Students

A new report says that as universities chase high rankings and future donors, financial aid money is all too often allocated to students who don’t really need it.

February 16, 2020

HBCUs

Morehouse Takes Bold Step in Admitting Transgender Students

Come next fall, Morehouse College — the nation’s only historically Black all-men’s school in the nation — will begin admitting transgender students who identify as men.

June 10, 2019

HBCUs

Morehouse College to Admit Transgender Men in 2020

Morehouse College—the nation’s only historically Black all-men’s school in the nation—will begin admitting transgender students who identify as men in Fall 2020.

April 14, 2019

LGBTQ+

Educator Makes LGBTQ and Immigration a Focus of her Work

Trinice McNally sits in her office at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) surrounded by boxes of papers and bags full of empowerment swag-buttons with “undocumented, unafraid and unapologetic” in bold, printed graphics. These items share their space with a herd of elephant figurines standing as silent symbols of her sorority, Delta Sigma Theta.

October 15, 2018