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.

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After breaking several records throughout the season, Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry was chosen as the league’s MVP on Tuesday, becoming the very first unanimous choice in NBA history. “I never really set out to change the game. I never thought that would happen in my career,” said Curry as he accepted his award. […]

Mazibuko said the scholarship was created to reduce the rate of pregnancies and keep the teens away from older men.

Hundreds of seniors at historically black colleges and universities that are members of UNCF(United Negro College Fund) will be able to graduate on time, thanks to a $1 million gift from Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation (LCEF) to the UNCF Campaign for Emergency Student Aid (CESA).

The Northern Virginia Urban League (NOVAUL) has raised an astounding $70,000 for student scholarships that will be awarded at the sold out 20th Annual Community Service and Scholarship Awards Dinner on April 30, 2010. Thirteen of Northern Virginia’s brightest students will receive scholarships toward their college education, and NOVAUL will honor Eric A. Adolphe, Esq., […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: George Washington University handed out scholarships Wednesday, each worth more than $200,000, to nine District high school students. The recipients come from eight different high schools: * Angela Bonham, Dunbar High School * Yuhana Gidey, Woodrow Wilson Senior High School * Andrew Haynesworth, St. John’s College High School * Nicholas Kelly, […]