HBCUs disproportionately enroll low-income, first-generation and academically underprepared college students. Only 22% of HBCU graduates leave school with no debt, compared to nearly double the number of graduates at non-HBCUs.
“We appreciate Congressman Ellison and his sponsorship of the HBCU Investment Expansion Act. This legislation is critical to help HBCUs gain increased access to the investment market,” said Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., President and CEO, The Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
The Apple HBCU Scholars Program is open to outstanding students with a minimum 3.25 GPA who will be graduating between December 2017 and May 2018. Selected Scholars will participate in a 12-week internship during the summer before their senior year, and will receive up to $25,000 in scholarship funding based on individual financial needs that will be applied to their final year of study.
“Understanding higher education financial accounting is very complicated and nuanced,” said Taylor, whose organization raises funds across the nation to pay for African-Americans to attend historically Black colleges and universities such as ASU.
The opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture will showcase individuals as well as events from the African American perspective. All 12 galleries work cohesively together to transport its visitors through well over 150 years in time.
On episode 39 of HBCU Lifestyle education podcast TMCF’s president and CEO, Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., came bearing great news about their partnership with Apple.