Right College Choice

11/16/2022

Hats off to Yale Law School for taking a stand in deciding not to participate in the USNWR rankings. As the highest ranked ( always #1) law school, Dean Heather Gerken has decided that YLS will no longer participate. Please read the detailed and thoughtful rationale for this decision especially as it relates to financial aid, low income students and students ( many BiPoc ones who have always pursued law school and public service careers, but post George Floyd have been increasing in numbers). When the #1 ranked law school in the country makes a decision like this as the ‘right thing to do’, will the rankings system listen? Will other law schools follow? Many students ( and parents) blindly follow ( against our professional advice) rankings as the ‘holy grail’ to determine and encourage students attendance without considering the elements that go into these rankings. Let’s continue to educate and debunk the myth that ‘rankings’ equate to high quality education and help our families ( and especially first-generation and low income) make good decisions. How can we come together to promote this?

A statement from Yale Law School Dean Heather K. Gerken on U.S. News & World Report rankings.

06/04/2022

Great opportunity for the right student(s). Please note target audience and geographic focus for souhern, western & southwestern states.

The PPIA Public Service Weekend is a three-day conference empowering undergraduate students from historically underrepresented backgrounds to consider graduate degree programs and careers in public service. Its primary goal is to introduce students to topics in the field of public policy through the...

12/02/2021

The latest on The Pauli Murray Fellowship: Investing in the Next Generation of Leaders

02/26/2021

A colleague/friend who is the Director of Diversity and Inclusion Programs for the Becker Friedman Institute has asked me to spread the word about this summer program. It's for rising sophomore and junior college students to introduce them to economics. It's virtual this year and students receive a stipend to attend-with a higher stipend for Pell Grant recipients. Looks like a great program for students who took coursework in high school or college in calculus, statistics, economics or other quantitative fields. There's also the opportunity to appy for a research assistant program during the academic year with compensation attached. Application deadline is March 14, 2021. Please pass the word along.

https://bfi.uchicago.edu/summer-institute

02/04/2021

Full scholarships for law school for students interested in focusing on civil rights

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. has launched the Marshall-Motley Scholars Program, which aims to support the education and training of 50 aspiring civil rights lawyers over the n…

02/04/2021

Great news for Black males who have credits and need to complete their degree.

It’s not uncommon for folks to attend college for a few years only to leave as a result of unexpected circumstances, a general lack of direction, or simply not having the money to continue their education. To help combat this, Morehouse College is launching an online program aimed at helping those...

12/18/2020

Good news for ALL students in public middle and high schools in NY--a great move towards equity and access

The pandemic prompted the mayor’s most significant action yet on integration: a major shift in how hundreds of schools admit students.

12/16/2020

White House Fellows program

“If the sparsely settled American colonies of the late 18th century could produce Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Monroe, Madison, Hamilton, Franklin, and others of superlative talent, breadth and statesmanship, should we not be able to produce in this generation ten times that number? "

12/16/2020

Amazing scholarship for high school seniors

Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship

11/19/2020

This is a new program at HBCU Howard University

The inaugural cohort includes 10 freshmen who are majoring in political science, philosophy, or legal communications.

09/01/2020

Major University of California news!

The Superior Court judge's ruling came in a case challenging the use of test scores for students with disabilities but will affect all students.

12/08/2019

Big news/Big 10—-Looks as if a Big 10 college may change for the next application year and go the ’test optional’ route!

The Board of Trustees has approved a policy change, and now each campus will approve and set its own policy for test-optional admission.