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Study: College Financial Aid Award Letters Lack Clarity, Transparency

| June 5, 2018
Financial aid award letters from colleges often are so unclear or misleading that students and [...] Read more

Emory, 13 Others Bring List of American Talent Initiative Members to 100

by Tiffany Pennamon | April 18, 2018
The American Talent Initiative has pushed forward in its goal to enroll 50,000 more high-achiev [...] Read more

Direct Engagement With Trump, GOP Pays Off for HBCUs

by Harry L. Williams | April 8, 2018
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund's decision not to resist – but instead engage in a strateg [...] Read more

HBCU Leaders Meeting with Business Leaders at GOP Event

by Associated Press | February 28, 2018
WASHINGTON — The leaders of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities g [...] Read more

ATI Commits to Enroll and Support High-Achieving, Low- and Moderate-Income Students

by Tiffany Pennamon | December 13, 2017
Since its launch in December 2016, the American Talent Initiative (ATI), a Bloomberg Philanthro [...] Read more

Flint Scholarship Plan Gets $2M from Pistons Owner, Utility

by David Eggert, Associated Press | August 23, 2017
LANSING, Mich. — Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and a major Michigan utility’s foundation [...] Read more

Some 2-year Colleges Test-driving New Model

by Catherine Morris | June 25, 2017
Dougherty Family College is among a wave of two-year colleges that offer associate’s degrees [...] Read more

Year-round Pell Grants to be Available This Year

by Associated Press | June 19, 2017
WASHINGTON — Pell Grants for low-income college students can now be used for summer studies. [...] Read more

Senators Say They’re Fighting to Protect Pell Grant Program

by Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press | June 5, 2017
WARWICK, R.I. — Rhode Island’s two Democratic U.S. senators said on Monday that they’re f [...] Read more

Experts: Trump Budget a Crushing Blow to Low-income Students

by A.K. Brunini | May 23, 2017
Higher education experts were reeling amid the release of President Donald Trump’s newly rele [...] Read more

House Democrats to Seek Increase in Pell Grant

by Jamaal Abdul-Alim and Ya-Marie Sesay | May 15, 2017
House Democrats on Monday said they plan to seek an increase in the Pell Grant to make college [...] Read more

Trump’s Blueprint for Failing Our Nation’s Students

by William Casey Boland and Marybeth Gasman | April 30, 2017
Trump proposes a 13 percent decline in funding to the U.S. Department of Education, with higher [...] Read more

Opponents Take Aim at Eliminating Department of Education

by Jamaal Abdul-Alim | April 26, 2017
Critics say a proposal to abolish the U.S. Department of Education in the name of saving taxpay [...] Read more

Future Pell Grant Funding In Danger?

by Jamaal Abdul-Alim | April 2, 2017
Is the Trump administration working toward eliminating the Pell Grant program’s rainy day fun [...] Read more

Low-income Students May Lose Out Under Proposed ‘Simplified’ Aid

by Jamaal Abdul-Alim | March 21, 2017
Despite the appeal of a “simplified” version of the federal student aid system, efforts to [...] Read more

Live Panel Discussion Ensuring Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic

Recorded on October 22, 2020

The Fight for Tenure: An Uphill Battle for Minoritized Faculty

Recorded on July 1, 2020

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America— What Role Does Higher Education have to play?

Recorded on June 19, 2020

Live Panel Discussion
Ensuring Equitable Access and Inclusion During a Pandemic

Addressing Racism and Structural Inequity in America—
What Role Does Higher Education have to play?