Reports on the approval of the United States House of Representatives and the Senate of an exemption from student-loan default rules of historically black colleges and tribally controlled colleges. High number of students with loans; Opposition to discrimination posed to other qualified schools/...
alternative sources of credit beyond Parent PLUS loans. Indeed, our analyses indicate thatdifferences in parental net worth and home ownership explain a substantial portion of theblack-white gap in student loan debt among young adults. Therefore, policies that penalize students and/or schools for bor...
According to Gallup, about 50% of Black college graduates end up with over $25,000 in student loans. To help ease the stress that comes with college (financial or otherwise), many organizations have created scholarships, fellowships, and nonprofit resources specifically for black students. Whether...
there's been a resurgence of student interest in attending historically black colleges and universities, or hbcus. here's what prospective college students and their families should know. there's been a resurgence of student interest in attending historically black colleges and universities, or hbcus...
About 90% of Black Americans and 72% of Latinos take student loans to attend college, compared to 66% of White students, according to areportfrom the Student Borrower Protection Center. "This is impacting them in terms of how they can move forward," said Vanessa Sansone, a higher education...
Black women are also strapped with student loans, and among those most likely to earn a postsecondary degree, with 64 percent of Black students earning bachelor’s degrees being women. While this may be positive, the financial impact is serious.For students looking for financial aid, Scholaroo...
“If witches don’t fight, we burn,” says Fiona to the students. In Mean Girls (written by Tina Fey), the point of being in the Plastics is somewhat similar, though obviously not nearly as dire. For protagonist Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan), lunchtime at the cafeteria posed as a ...
I don’t want people to think that the experience was all negative. I saw many wonderful examples of students and families who embodied Islam. I have a young daughter and I constantly pray that my daughter grows up to be like many of the girls and young women I came to know. Empowering...
who share their experience with repaying Parent Plus Loans. Then, host Trymaine Lee speaks with Jonah Vincent, founder of the youth-led organizationNo Cap, and current NCCU students Heavyn Smith and MarQuay Spencer-Gibbs about how student debt shapes their lives and their perspective for the up...
Once I embraced my adulthood, the fear was gone. I could then embrace my students. In my 23 years at Trenton High, I was rarely tested by one of my own students and never again lost control. If only Darren Wilson had recognized Michael Brown as the teenager that he was!