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Black Male Teachers Making An Impact Thanks to TQRP

Supporting the Teachers Quality and Retention Program (TQRP) is one way that Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has done a quality job of addressing the nation’s teacher shortage and increasing the number of minority instructors in the classroom. TQRP focuses on creating a more equitable world by offering high-quality pre-service training and personalized support once […]

Thurgood Marshall’s impact still resonates in 2024

“Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it.” – Thurgood Marshall  Thurgood Marshall’s legal victories extended beyond education, as he played a significant role in dismantling legal segregation. His tireless efforts as a civil rights lawyer and Supreme Court Justice helped lay […]

LARSOSA’S TRANSFORMATIONAL TMCF EXPERIENCE HELPED HIM REACH HIS GOALS

Jahmahn Larsosa is a shining example of the incredible impact of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.   “TMCF made it possible for me to achieve what I often thought was impossible — graduating from Chicago State,” Larsosa said. “Even more than that, TMCF helped me gain my first internship when I needed the money for tuition. […]

Thurgood Marshall College Fund Makes Historic And Timely Choice

By Marybeth Gasman, ForbesThis appeared on Forbes.com on January 8, 2024 On January 4, 2024, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, an organization dedicated to serving the nation’s public Historically Black Colleges and Universities and public Predominantly Black Institutions named  Racquel Oden  as the chair of its board of trustees. Oden, a Black woman, is the first woman in […]

Descendants of Enslaved Offered Need-Based Scholarships through Partnership

By Johnny Jackson, Diverse Issues in Higher EducationJan 16, 2024The Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation announced applications are open for an advancement of education scholarship program in partnership with Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). The scholarships will provide Descendants of Jesuit slaveholding in the United States with need-based scholarships of up to $10,000 for attendance at a […]

HBCUs Can Help Reverse the Black College Enrollment Recession

By Dr. Harry L. Williams, TMCF President & CEOThis appeared in Diverse Issues in Higher Education on Jan. 11, 2024 Over the past decade, Black college and university enrollment has been dropping at alarming rates, declining 22% from 2010 and 2020. We can expect this recession of Black enrollment to continue in the wake of the recent […]