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Morgan State Alum Dropped Out, Drove for UPS, Presents University with $20 Million Endowment
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Morgan State Alum Dropped Out, Drove for UPS, Presents University with $20 Million Endowment

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMarch 4, 2021

“Morgan is so proud to call this son and daughter of the great City of Baltimore our own, and through their historic giving, the doors of higher education will most certainly be kept open for generations of aspiring leaders whose financial shortfalls may have kept them from realizing their academic dreams,” David K. Wilson, president of Morgan State University, stated in the release.

Wells Fargo gives $1 million in scholarships to bridge financial gaps faced by students amidst COVID-19
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Wells Fargo gives $1 million in scholarships to bridge financial gaps faced by students amidst COVID-19

NNPA NewswireSeptember 17, 2020

The program, which began accepting applications on Sept. 14, will be administered with long-standing partner APIA Scholars to students entering college and current college undergraduates for the Spring 2021 semester. The financial aid will be able to help cover costs of education like books, computers, materials to support distance learning, tuition, and housing.

President Trump Signs Executive Order on HBCUs
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President Trump Signs Executive Order on HBCUs

Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire ContributorMarch 1, 2017

HBCU Presidents Request $25 Billion in Aid from The White House President Trump signed an executive order to focus more attention on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) on Tuesday, February 28. Although HBCUs comprise just three percent of higher education institutions in the U.S., “HBCUs contributed 19 percent of the nearly 9 percent of all bachelor’s degrees in science and engineering awarded to Blacks in 2010,” according to American Institutes for Research (AIR). AIR also reported that “By 2010, approximately 33 percent of all Black students who earned bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and statistics attended HBCUs, and HBCUs produced

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The Name Game: Colleges Rebrand to Get More Students

By LISA RATHKE, Associated PressJuly 15, 2015

Community colleges, state colleges, and universities across the nation are rebranding themselves to attract more students paying out-of-state tuition rates, which includes foreign students as well, to ease the financial concerns of a growing number of institutions.