This graph, excerpted from The Scholarship Foundation 2023 Equity Report, depicts total balances graduates of that year owed to The Scholarship Foundation. Starting with students first applying in 2015 (graduating …
Too Many Tears
By Trent Ball and Faith Sandler We have come over a way that with tears has been watered. -James Weldon Johnson, Lift Every Voice and Sing (authored in 1900 to …
A Reflection on The Power of Education
The year has nearly ended, and these last days are a time of reflection for many. At The Scholarship Foundation, a beautiful story of the power of education ushers us …
Hope, Anyway
“For Mrs. Jones, hope was relational. It didn’t exist in the abstract. Hope confronts. It does not ignore pain, agony, or injustice. It is not a saccharine optimism that …
How Did We Get Here?
It already wasn’t fair. Affirmative action on the basis of race in admissions ended with the late June decision of the United States Supreme Court. Public mourning of “Affirmative Action” …
SaNiyah Speaks
Editor’s Note: These are actually not my words. These are the words of a rising college sophomore delivered to an audience of soon to be first-year college students this week. …
