scholarships

North Hills Ebony Women Inc., held their annual scholarship reception in which Kara Rollock and Brandi McKnight received the 2014 scholarships in honor of...

WASHINGTON – Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, has discontinued supplying scholarships to the United Negro College...

CHICAGO (AP) — Jamil Boldian headed to college four years ago, arriving in small-town Ohio with a one-way Megabus ticket and $17.91 to his...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United Negro College Fund announced a $25 million grant Friday from Koch Industries Inc. and the Charles Koch Foundation —...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Little was sacred when President Barack Obama tossed out playful but pointed jokes Saturday night — not even his own health...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — One of the more remarkable aspects of Connecticut's national title run was that potential star Rodney Purvis could only...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The families of two women who have sought to be recognized as children of Nelson Mandela have contacted the executors of...

  -- The deadline to apply is February 15, 2014 --   The Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF) provides a multi–faceted experience designed to not only...

Allie Nizam took an extra $10,000 with her when she graduated from University of Central Florida in 2009. (Photo Courtesy Allie Nizam) by Blake Ellis NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- While millions of Americans are drowning in student loan debt, some students are actually graduating with thousands of extra dollars to burn -- thanks to scholarships and aid that exceeded their college costs.

Danielle Powell, right, and her spouse Michelle Rogers are photographed in Omaha, Neb., June 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) by Margery A. Beck OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Danielle Powell was going through a hard time in the spring of 2011, just months away from graduating from a conservative Christian college in Nebraska. She had fallen in love with another woman, a strictly forbidden relationship at a school where even prolonged hugs were banned.