Guest Author: Zahida Sherman Liberal arts colleges are hidden gems for Black students, though most Black families don’t know it. Only 3% of American students will apply to liberal arts colleges, and the figure is even lower for Black students. And yet, with all the anxiety about how to pay for a college education in an unstable fluctuating economy, liberal arts colleges … [Read more...]
College Student Given $25,000 to Re-enroll in College
In lieu of surveys in which students express concern over the debt they could acquire in college, it is nice to hear a story of a young person who will graduate college with a lot less stress than his counterparts who will be counting down the days until they get their first loan statement mailed to them. Monte Johnson, a Chicago resident who lost his mother in 2003 after … [Read more...]