Diversity Management, News and Updates
College graduates in America, on the whole, owe more than $1.7 trillion in student debt, but women owe the larger percentage of that overall debt — an astounding $929 billion as of 2020. If those numbers weren’t disturbing enough, a new study from The American Association of University Women (AAUW)…
Basketball great Michael Jordan is adding to his legacy outside the court. In February, the former Chicago Bulls star donated $10 million to help launch two medical clinics in underserved communities near his hometown in North Carolina. And now he’s announced another million-dollar donation — only this time it centers…
Following 2020’s racial reckoning in America, interest in historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) has never been higher. The push to attend these schools is so great that Spelman College recently announced a new admissions record: more applicants have applied to attend the Black women’s college in Atlanta for the…
Both academic excellence and athletic skill run in the Wilson family. Twin brothers Brin and Nial Wilson, graduating seniors at Captain Shreve High School in Shreveport, La., have earned more than $2.7 million in scholarships combined. Brin has accumulated $1,393,012, and Nial, $1,335,788. Both applied to and were recruited by…
Actor and comedian Kevin Hart, the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), and the United Negro College Fund have partnered to provide scholarships for 18 students to attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The venture has created a $600,000 scholarship fund that will support KIPP students from Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois,…
Inventor and author Elijah Precciely, at 11 years old, is already thinking about legacy and what sports team he’ll buy after becoming a college graduate of Southern University. The open door to this amazing opportunity started when his mom, Pamela Precciely, reached out to Dr. Diola Bagayoko, who is in…
Wells Fargo & Company (No. 9 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) and Scholarship America announced they are accepting applications for the 2018 Wells Fargo Veterans Scholarship and Wells Fargo Veterans Emergency Grant Programs.In 2016, Wells Fargo committed $2 million over a four-year period to fund the programs and…
(Toyota Motor North America is No. 34 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) For 17-year-old David Thang, growing up an illiterate boy in a small town in Myanmar could have thwarted his dream of becoming a doctor. He had thought escaping a country ruled by the Burmese military often…
PRESS RELEASE ADP (No. 21 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list) has awarded $125,000 in scholarships to 75 winners of its Aspire Scholarship Program, designed to help its clients’ employees continue their education and advance their careers. The 2016 scholarship recipients are among many employees of clients…
