Another Big STEM Diversity Give, This One Backed By Hedge Fund Wealth
Diversifying the pool of STEM students and workers across the country is an especially hot funding area lately.
Diversifying the pool of STEM students and workers across the country is an especially hot funding area lately.
TMCF President & CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. discussing how HBCUs are working to successfully get students to and through college with host Roland S. Martin.
The pace of change is likely to be slow, however, and women entering the field in the near term should be aware of gender-driven challenges and prepared to confront them.
Only 22 percent of HBCU graduates leave school with no debt, compared to nearly double the number of graduates at non-HBCUs.
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has appointed Exelon Vice President and Treasurer, Francis O. Idehen, Jr. to its Board of Directors.
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.