Have a future journalist in your family set to graduate and head to college? The Associated Press has announced the 2018 Texas AP Broadcasters Student/Scholarship Competition. Entries must be submitted via email on or before Saturday, March 31, 2018. Students at colleges and universities in Texas are eligible to apply for scholarships through the Texas AP […]

People are turning to social funding platforms like GoFundMe to pay tuition. Generous strangers are making education goals possible.

Black Iowa teens received college scholarships for keeping their promise to graduate high school. The scholarship offer and promise to graduate came a decade ago.

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After breaking several records throughout the season, Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry was chosen as the league’s MVP on Tuesday, becoming the very first unanimous choice in NBA history. “I never really set out to change the game. I never thought that would happen in my career,” said Curry as he accepted his award. […]

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This past Saturday, I had the pleasure of attending the 2016 Elliott-Chandler Foundation Gala. Everyone looked stunning in their black and white dresses coming together to celebrate the 11 high school men who were awarded with scholarships.     Many familiar faces in the crowd as both Mayor Turner and Congresswoman Shelia Jackson Lee stood […]

As revelations surrounding the film Concussion, which explores the relationship between football and CTE, continue to make waves across the NFL, one high school student has turned down 12 football scholarships.

Mazibuko said the scholarship was created to reduce the rate of pregnancies and keep the teens away from older men.

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This brilliant young woman was offered a spot by 26 colleges (and $3m in scholarships) http://t.co/0EcmyRlIPZpic.twitter.com/7PPnrWPf4b“ — Maham Masood (@1mahammasood) June 15, 2015 Black girls…

One college freshman found that it really pays to have a plan because she’s earned 14 different scholarships her senior year in high school. Just…