2019

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS UNITE TO SUPPORT THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND 32ND ANNIVERSARY AWARDS GALA

Washington, DC, Oct. 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) President & CEO, Harry L. Williams, announced today, the 2019 Honorary Congressional Host Committee for 32nd Anniversary Awards Gala, presented by Ally Financial Inc., Saturday, October 19, 2019, Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. The TMCF Anniversary Awards Gala always […]

MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS POISED TO LOSE $255M IN FEDERAL FUNDING

Although historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) are chronically underfunded, gridlock in Congress may further drain their coffers. For more than a decade, Congress has allocated $255 million each year to MSIs under the Higher Education Act. The funding can be used for a variety of purposes, though most of […]

THE SECRET’S OUT

For those in the know, Claflin University has always been a bright spot in a landscape of bad news about dwindling resources, decreased state funding and declining enrollment at many colleges that predominantly serve black students. To the uninformed, the private liberal arts institution in Orangeburg, S.C., is just one of many small, indistinguishable historically black colleges, or HBCUs, struggling […]

TMCF HOSTS EXCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP AND JOB RECRUITMENT CONFERENCE FOR OVER 400 HBCU STUDENTS IN WASHINGTON DC

The 19th Annual Leadership Institute is presented by Wells Fargo WASHINGTON, DC (October 1, 2019) – Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) will convene the largest, most exclusive, talent and professional development recruiting conference for students attending the publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) at the award-winning 19th Annual Leadership […]

THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND STATEMENT ON U.S. SENATE INACTION ON THE FUTURE ACT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: tmcfpress@tmcf.org Washington, DC (September 26, 2019) – “The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is sincerely disappointed by U.S. Senate Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Chairman Lamar Alexander’s decision to object, again, to the passage of the FUTURE Act and, in so doing, allow $255 million in critical funds for Historically […]

FUTURE ACT HALTED IN SENATE, HIGHER EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS AND LEADERS DISMAYED

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander is standing in the way of the passage of Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act. Alexander’s decision to stall the legislation means that $255 million of funding for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) will expire Sep. […]