The COVID-19, or novel coronavirus, pandemic has caused healthcare systems in states to work at max capacity just to take care of the growing number of new patients entering the emergency rooms…
All week long we’ve been celebrating the legacy of Black Enterprise founder Earl Graves Sr., as the tributes poured in after his death, and sharing some of the wisdom he imparted over his legendary business career. …
In 2014, former President Barack Obama launched My Brother’s Keeper Alliance (MBK) to support the advancement of young men of color in America. Since launching the national program, he has kept his…
The U.S. economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April, and the unemployment rate for African American workers has jumped to 16.7%, the highest rate since 2010. According to the New York Times, the…
More black students in California are earning bachelor’s degrees than they were a decade ago, but enrollment in the state’s public universities is stagnant and many are turning to costly…
We’re all doing our best to adapt to a different way of life. The transitions we’ve all had to make—physically relocating, remote classes, moving forward in uncertain times—have been abrupt…
College life may be very different at the moment, and it may seem as though our attention is exclusively on the adjustments needed to steer us through the COVID-19 crisis,…
UNCF offers several national and regional scholarships that close in May. Apply today! Even though things are unpredictable right now, you can still count on UNCF to offer scholarship opportunities.…
UNCF has helped more than 500,000 students earn their college degrees since its founding. UNCF is the nation’s largest private scholarship provider to minority group members. Each year, we award…
HBCU Congressional Honor Roll to be spotlighted Today, UNCF—on the heels of delivering over $100 million in additional federal funding to historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs)—held an inaugural “State…
