Billionaire Robert Smith Launches New HBCU Initiative to Ease Burden of Student Loans | via Washington Informer
Billionaire Robert Smith, who pledged during a commencement speech last year to pay off the student debt of the graduating class at Morehouse College, is launching a new initiative aimed at easing the burden of student loans at historically Black colleges and universities. The nonprofit Student Freedom Initiative will address the disproportionate loan burden on […]
10 Historically Black Colleges Where Alumni Contribute the Most
At three schools, more than 35 percent of alumni on average donate. At Claflin University in South Carolina, an average of nearly 48.9 percent of alumni contributed to their school. By Delece Smith-Barrow , US News & World Report The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data […]
The HBCU Foundation ‘s Daniel Moss Discusses Diversity at HBCUs In US News & World Report
10 Most Diverse Historically Black Colleges At two historically black schools, more than 85 percent of students are white, according to U.S. News data. At Xavier University of Louisiana, 10.3 percent of students are Asian, U.S. News data show. By Delece Smith-Barrow via US News and World Report Teens interested in attending a historically black […]