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The LeBron James Family Foundation has teamed up with Stark State College to cover two years of tuition costs for students at James’ I Promise School. The post LeBron James Family Foundation, Stark State College Lead Scholarship Initiative appeared first on NewsOne.

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.

We all want the best education for our kids and sometimes our kids may need more help and assistance in the class room then what public schools may offer but other opportunities are too expensive or unthinkable.  Well now the NC Supreme Court has ruled the Opportunity Scholarship Program constitutional…. I talked with Mr. Darrell Allison […]

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This brilliant young woman was offered a spot by 26 colleges (and $3m in scholarships) http://t.co/0EcmyRlIPZpic.twitter.com/7PPnrWPf4b“ — Maham Masood (@1mahammasood) June 15, 2015 Black girls…

The University of North Carolina has placed its football program on two years probation and vacated wins from the 2008 and 2009 seasons as a result of an NCAA investigation into impermissible benefits and academic misconduct. UNC’s response to the NCAA’s June 21 Notice of Allegations, which was due Monday and released – with redactions […]

TEXAS-Texas State is offering a scholarship that is for people of European descent only. The Statesman reports: So Bohannan, a mass communication major and Iraq war veteran, and others formed the Former Majority Association for Equality — a San Marcos-based nonprofit group that is offering five $500 scholarships exclusively to white male students. Bohannan, the […]

CNN) — Restaurant chain KFC has launched a scholarship campaign that aims to keep it short and “tweet.”