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Apple Computer and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund have partnered to build a pipeline for African American students into the world’s largest information technology company with a new internship effort called the Apple HBCU Scholars program. The first cohort of scholars has officially been announced.

Johnny Taylor Jr., president of The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), and CIA Director John Brennan said they had agreed to make increasing the number of African Americans at the agency a priority.

Autumn A. Arnett, of Diverse Issues in Higher Education, covers the 27th Annual TMCF Awards Gala, highlighting the best parts of the evening including student testimonials.

TMCF raised over $4.8 million in a sold-out room at its Annual Awards Gala on November 16 in Washington, DC, with Fox News Anchor and Political Analyst Juan Williams as Gala Host and 1,500-plus attendees – all supporting the nation’s 47 publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund announces the award of a $5.7 million multi-year grant from the U.S. Army to engage K-12 students from underrepresented and disadvantaged populations in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math education. The award will support the launch of the Vivian Burey Marshall STEM Program, a four-year pilot designed to support middle school students with year-round, out-of-school-time activities.

In Maryland, a lawsuit over the desegregation of historically black colleges and universities has people in the state and those who watch higher education wondering: Did HBCU advocates ask for too much? Did the state give too little? TMCF President & CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. provides insight.

Johnny C. Taylor Jr., President and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, will receive the Higher Education Leadership Foundation Trailblazer Award. Taylor was selected for his work in pushing for “favorable policies and advocating for increased funding” for HBCUs.

African American males account for only 2 percent of the teaching force. Katy Reckdahl examines the reality behind this fact, and examines solutions including TMCF’s Teacher Quality and Retention Program.

Nine HBCUs were selected to receive grants to provide four-year scholarships for first-generation students matriculating on their campuses. The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) received $500,000 to distribute to the nine HBCUs from the Coca-Cola Foundation to provide scholarships to students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Among the first batch of Apple HBCU Scholars are three North Carolina A&T students. The Apple HBCU Scholars program is a new scholarship and internship program launched this year by Apple Inc. and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

TMCF announced Dawna Taylor-Thornton as Executive Director and Principal Investigator of its newest K-12 initiative, the Vivian Burey Marshall STEM Pilot Initiative (VBM). Named in honor of Justice Thurgood Marshall’s first wife, the VBM will engage students in under-represented and disadvantaged populations in Vicksburg, MS and Baltimore, MD in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education.

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has appointed Delaware State University (DSU) President Harry Lee Williams to its Board of Directors, announced Jim Clifton, TMCF Board Chairman and President of Gallup. Dr. Williams is the tenth president of DSU, one of America’s oldest Land-Grant Institutions and the state of Delaware’s only Historically Black College or University (HBCU). He was appointed president in 2010, after serving a year and a half as provost and vice president of Academic Affairs.