Set High Personal Goals for Yourself
Tae Jordan, ACT Scholar and Kirkwood Community College student
More than a decade ago, as part of ACT’s 50th anniversary celebration, ACT established the ACT Scholars Program, as part of a pair of endowments to
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You Can Do This
Briarri Bryant, ACT Scholar and Kirkwood Community College student
More than a decade ago, as part of ACT’s 50th anniversary celebration, ACT established the ACT Scholars Program, as part of a pair of endowments to
Student African American Brotherhood: Building Men of Color
Tina Gridiron, vice president
Black History Month is a special time of year to celebrate and recognize the hard work of Black Americans, African Americans, and other advocates who
ACT Scholar: Omolola Ahnaman
Omolola Ahnaman, Ph.D. candidate and ACT Scholar, University of Iowa
In celebration of a decade of the ACT Scholar program, we are highlighting our ACT Scholars and their education journey. Read more about the program
Guest Blog: You Must Persist Until You Achieve What You Desire
Shamira Rothmiller, Ph.D. and ACT Scholar
What was your motivation for going to college and earning a degree? My motivation for going to college and earning a degree was inspired by
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know, Yet.
Taylor Scudder, teacher, Northwest Junior High School
What was your motivation for going to college and earning a degree? Who inspired or supported you in your college-going journey? When thinking back about
Guest Blog: Well-Meaning College Advising Is Not Enough
Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, Ph.D., dean, School of Education American University and director, Center for Postsecondary Readiness and Success
Two pandemics—COVID-19 and racial injustice—have the U.S. in a state of reckoning. This summer’s spread of COVID-19 and murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rashard
#COVIDEquityChat: Coming Together to Help Students Move Forward
Amber O’Connor, program manager II
Earlier this month, the Center, ACAC, and Mawi Learning partnered with seven equity- and college-access-focused organizations for a #COVIDEquityChat chat on Twitter that centered around
The Morehouse Mystique: Just One Example of Black College Excellence
Edward Smith-Lewis, executive director, Institute for Capacity Building, UNCF
On the day of my high school graduation, an article about my life made the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle. “Education was His
I Found a Deep Sense of Sisterhood at Spelman
Cheryl Williams, vice president, Women’s Congressional Policy Institute
Why did you choose an HBCU? Both of my parents attended Howard University, an HBCU, so I was very familiar with what HBCUs had to