Trump pick to head USDA education will help historically black colleges
HBCU agriculture schools remain a centerpiece of black college value to the nation and to the world.
Benedict College Announces Next President
TM2 Executive Search, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, successfully supported the Benedict College Board of Trustees in identifying and selecting Dr. Roslyn Artis to become the 14th President of Benedict College.
The Truth About the HBCU Presidential Search
TM2 Executive Search President Chris Braswell joins us to discuss the difficult truths, challenges, and opportunities in HBCU presidential search culture.
Recruiters often overlook historically black colleges and universities
“Companies should work with departments at the school and develop relationships with them — similarly to how Google is working with computer science departments.”
Thurgood Marshall College Fund Deepens Corporate Diversity Recruitment
“As an organization that partners with businesses to create pipelines of diverse talent, we understand that addressing diversity over the long run requires sustained commitment and support, and TMCF is uniquely positioned to work with corporations to efficiently move beyond the “usual suspects” to engage a deeper pool of talent because America’s HBCUs can be part of the solution.”
AP Interview: DeVos says she didn’t decry racism enough
“The reality is that people who decided that one statement, an error, is a statement about her commitment and knowledge about HBCUs — it’s not realistic, it’s not fair.”
LOWE’S CONTINUES SUPPORT OF THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND WITH $500,000 DONATION TO HBCU GAP SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The Thurgood Marshall Fund (TMCF) received $500,000 from Lowe’s for the TMCF | Lowe’s Gap Scholarship, which has provided over $1.2 million to graduating seniors at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) since 2012.
National Hbcu Pre-law Summit Presents Game-changing Opportunity for Hbcu Students and Alumni Interested in Law School
“The event will showcase informative panel discussions on critical topics for aspiring lawyers including law school admission, the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), the law student experience, the different career paths for those with a law degree, and Black lawyers and entrepreneurship. Also planned are sessions on financing legal education and writing the law school personal statement and diversity statement.”
THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND STATEMENT ON THE 2017 HBCU WEEK CONFERENCE POSTPONEMENT
Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) supports the decision of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and the White House to postpone, not cancel, the 2017 National HBCU Week Conference.
WSSU economic center gains grant indirectly from Koch-affiliate groups
The WSSU grant is funneled through the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s Center for Advancing Opportunity, which for decades has supported the nation’s historical black college and universities.
TMCF K-12 Pipelines Work to Build STEM Capacity, Teacher Quality
HBCU Digest Jarret Carter talks with Dawna Taylor-Thornton- Executive Director, Principal Investigator for the TMCF VBM STEM Initiative, and Amber Feight Rowe- Senior Director of Teacher Quality and Retention Program, about the connections between HBCUs and secondary education.
The White House Should Postpone Its HBCU Conference
Our students and our leaders deserve more than to be a catalyst for liberal or conservative groups to use the conference as an agenda amplifier; especially when HBCUs have hard work ahead in securing partnerships to promote and to bolster institutional strengths in STEM, national defense, public health, secondary education, entrepreneurship and business management.
TMCF CONGRATULATES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVE ON HBCUs, JOHNATHAN M. HOLIFIELD
Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) applauds President Trump’s decision to name a new executive director for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Johnathan M. Holifield has more than 20 years of multidisciplinary business and government experience, which will help lead the critical work of developing a robust policy and budgetary agenda to positively impact HBCUs, including our 47 publicly-supported member-schools.
College Affordability Is a Family Affair
Do you have $100,000 saved for your child to earn a four-year public college degree or as much as $200,000 for that same student to attend a private university? Paying for the high cost of college is a major burden facing many families across the country.
TMCF President & CEO on ESPN’s Undefeated Podcast HBCU 468
TMCF President & CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. joined the Rhoden Fellow’s Podcast HBCU 468 to discuss the state of HBCUs and the new leader of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.
Supporting black colleges helps charter schools
“The greatest country on earth is awash in fragile communities in which less than 20 percent of adults are literate, fourth graders lack proficiency in basic reading and math, jobs are scarce, and incarceration is as common as college.”
Of Course People Are Protesting Betsy DeVos’s Invitation to Speak at Bethune-Cookman
The official announcement on Monday that Betsy DeVos would address Bethune-Cookman’s graduating class has met with pushback – but TMCF President & CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. explains how the evidence of “early wins” – aided by TMCF advocacy – is a good sign for the HBCU community.
NHL names winners of Thurgood Marshall College Fund scholarships
The National Hockey League (NHL) and Thurgood Marshall College Fund today announced the four recipients chosen for the NHL/Thurgood Marshall College Fund academic scholarship. Since 2012, the initiative has awarded scholarships to 15 exceptional high school students who are active in a Hockey Is For Everyone youth hockey organization, with goals of pursuing higher education in a variety of majors and interests.