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The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) Division in partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA) announce the launch of “Innovate the Future,” a one-and-a-half-day business competition for students attending publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Ideal applicants are innovative and entrepreneurial-minded HBCU student leaders ready to change the world through business […]

From its first Summer Institute in 2009, the Teacher Quality and Retention Program (TQRP) has provided high-caliber training and mentoring to aspiring, pre-service and new teachers from publicly-supported HBCUs and PBIs across the country. The result of lessons learned from a 2006 Gates School Reform grant, as well as the Teacher Prep Program Pilot in 2008, […]

The Leadership Institute (LI) is an exciting four-day leadership development conference, usually held annually in October, for college juniors, seniors, and graduate and law students attending HBCUs and PBIs. Exceptionally strong sophomores are also encouraged to apply. LI is for students who establish themselves as leaders, as well as students with leadership potential who want to […]