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We are pleased the FY’17 Omnibus Appropriations Bill maintains level funding for most of the key programs and budget lines impacting Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and we view that as a win for HBCUs. We are pleased the 115th Congress increased funding for the several programs.

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund has spoken to the Trump Administration regarding the financing language and was assured there was absolutely no plan to eliminate or challenge this program.

TMCF President & CEO Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. message to Grambling State University Class of 2017 give back money, time, and talent.

The NHL/Thurgood Marshall scholarship was developed under the direction of NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. Those selected must have a 2.5 grade-point average or higher as a high-school senior, and receive a four-year merit scholarship that helps cover the cost of tuition, fees, room and board and textbooks.

More than 1,000 of the country’s leading entrepreneurs, business funding sources, and corporate executives are gathered in Houston for the Black Enterprise 2017 Entrepreneurs Summit.

Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is pleased President Trump’s FY18 Comprehensive Budget preserves funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

“In the first four months of this presidency, the Trump administration has been far more responsive to our community than the past administration,” Taylor said. “I, for one, judge people by what they do — not what they say.”

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) appointed World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Analytics Tandy O’Donoghue to its Board of Directors, announced Jim Clifton—TMCF Board Chairman and President of Gallup.

“We’re simply not able to pick and choose whom we engage with. We saw firsthand a couple months ago how positive strategic engagement paid off when I worked with our member-school presidents and chancellors to ensure that their federal budget dollars would not be cut in President Trump’s first budget proposal.”

Mr. Taylor suggests that HBCUs and their advocates need to begin planning what the institutions need to look like 50 years from now, to ensure they are keeping up with the constant changes in the generations to come.

Educators and historians examined the impact of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision ending segregation in public schools on its 63rd anniversary, hosted by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

AEI hosted a discussion on the state of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and what challenges and opportunities await them on the road ahead.

Today, after seven years as Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s (TMCF) President & CEO, Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. announced effective November 2017, he will assume a new position as the Society for Human Resources Management’s (SHRM) President & CEO.

““It’s a gap scholarship that is designed to help graduating seniors facing a final hurdle that could potentially prevent them from graduating,” said David Hood, Ph.D., NCCU University College dean.”

TMCF Vice-President of Revenue George Spencer discusses the work of attracting corporate partnerships in the HBCU community, and how institutions can better advance their narratives of excellence.

Black women also earn doctorates at a higher proportion at HBCUs. In 2015, women were awarded 1,084 such degrees whereas Black men earned were awarded 492. A ratio very close to 2 to 1.

Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) applauds the recent passage of Rep. Anthony Brown’s (D-MD), DoD HBCU/MI amendment to the FY18 DoD Appropriations bill.

“We’ve got to have much stricter underwriting requirements” to ensure that schools can handle the new debt, said Johnny C. Taylor Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.