One thing we know for sure is that college is not cheap. Even after a student is accepted into college, the costs continue with expenses, including textbooks and supplies needed for classes, and to ultimately be successful in class. Studies show that textbook costs alone have increased by more than 800 percent since 1978, and the inflation rate is higher than college tuition alone.
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4/3/13
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“Don’t judge lest you be judged by the same measure with which you have judged others.” “If there’s a speck in your brother’s eye how can you see to remove…
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Beginning on April 8, 2013, The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia will be restructuring their means of operation. The museum will no longer accept patrons on a…
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By Jason Alderman Most people who grew up during the Great Depression and World War II learned to scrimp and save as a matter of necessity. Many also gained financial…
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By Jonathan Carey To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Honorable Henry L. Marsh III, Commission Chairman announced that the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commission…
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The saying ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ is true for Deion Henderson, who also used the support of a village to find out what his passion is.…
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FUNdraising Good Times How do you ask someone to make a gift to a nonprofit that you believe in? What do you say? When do you ask? What if the…