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Washington, D.C. – Senator Kamala Harris adamantly objected when Senate Republicans blocked passage of the Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Acton Thursday, September 26, 2019. The bi-partisan legislation previously supported in both legislative chambers was supposed to reauthorize funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority-Serving Institutions for […]

Fourteen Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) students were selected to attend the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s (TMCF) 19th annual Leadership Institute. The students attended sessions on financial literacy, personal branding and skill development. A signature component of the institute is a recruitment fair where major companies in all sectors, government agencies and graduate schools are present […]

Even as a kid, Jasmon Cooley had a passion for technology. She was always on the computer and even played the role of the lead technician, fixing any small technology issue that came up around the house. But growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, Cooley says she didn’t have a lot of role models in that […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]