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.

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…

College is expensive, but there is a lot of free money out there to help. Here is a list of the top scholarships for African-American students that have a January 2014 deadline…..so get to applying. 1. The Tom Joyner Foundation “Full Ride” Scholarship awards a full scholarship to one student to attend a  (HBCU). 2.The […]

Ford Motor company is giving HBCU students a chance to win $40,000 in scholarships. The Ford HBCU Community Challenge is a new program that encourages HBCU students to design community projects that address pressing local needs. The program’s theme is “Building Sustainable Communities”. Students are encouraged to creatively address a community need that touches at […]

 MC Lyte and her charity Hip Hop Sisters Foundation is offering a $100,000 dollar Hip Hop Scholarship to one student to attend The University of Wisconsin-Madison. The scholarship will allow one lucky recipient to receive an all-expense paid trip to college, with the goal of earning a Bachelor’s degree from UW-Madison. Hip Hop Sisters Foundation is […]

Jay Z hosted a charity carnival for his Shawn Cater Foundation with his mother Gloria Carter. Proceeds from the $1,000 per ticket carnival-theme “Making the Ordinary Extraordinary” go towards Jay-Z’s organization, which helps students with financial hardships pursue higher education. The Shawn Carter Foundation has helped over 750 students with more than $1 million dollars […]

The University of North Carolina has placed its football program on two years probation and vacated wins from the 2008 and 2009 seasons as a result of an NCAA investigation into impermissible benefits and academic misconduct. UNC’s response to the NCAA’s June 21 Notice of Allegations, which was due Monday and released – with redactions […]

Via: Worldstarhiphop Atlanta teen, Deonte Bridges, receives $1 million in academic scholarships. Named 1st black valedictorian in 10 years.