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Center for Advancing Opportunity (CAO) Expands Team with Gerard Robinson as Executive Director

The Center for Advancing Opportunity (CAO) today announces former Virginia secretary of education, scholar, and policy analyst Gerard Robinson as executive director.

ASU receives $50,000 from TMCF and Coca-Cola for first-generation scholarships

Albany State University (ASU) has received $50,000 from the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and The Coca-Cola Foundation to support scholarships for first-generation college students. The funding was announced December 8.

Dr. Harry L. Williams Begins Tenure as Thurgood Marshall College Fund President & CEO

Today, Dr. Harry L. Williams officially begins his tenure as president & CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF).

When Dreamers, HBCUs meet, American success stories are made

There are a number of complexities surrounding our national conversation on immigration, and one of the most visible examples involves the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. TMCF President & CEO Dr. Harry L. Williams unpacks the complexities in the context of HBCUs.

TSU nabs $2.7 million grant for criminal justice reform research

Texas Southern University nabs $2.7 million grant from Koch Foundation-backed, DC-based Center for Advancing Opportunity for criminal justice research.

TSU to start Center for Justice Research with grant from Koch-supported initiative

Texas Southern University in Houston received $2.7 million from the Center for Advancing Opportunity to start the school’s new Center for Justice Research.