Partnering with HBCUs helps more students achieve better outcomes for themselves, their families, and their communities.
To build the Strada HBCU Initiative, we met with leaders from more than two dozen historically Black colleges and universities and asked: How could this work recognize HBCUs as a significant driver of degree attainment and economic mobility — and not only support that success, but extend it?
From those conversations emerged the new Strada HBCU Initiative, a $25 million investment — Strada’s largest since its inception — to amplify and support the existing work of these anchor institutions in the Black community. The initiative builds on Strada’s long-standing practice of collaborating with HBCUs to help more students achieve better outcomes.
The core components of the HBCU Initiative were shaped and defined under the guidance of the HBCU Advisory Council of current and former HBCU presidents and chancellors.
The Strada HBCU Initiative’s first offering, Strada Scholars, is available to all HBCUs and is launching with more than two dozen inaugural institutions during the 2021-22 academic year.
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Strada Scholars are changemakers who aim to make significant contributions on campus, within the community, and in their future careers.
Do you represent an HBCU institution? Join us and extend your HBCU’s success as a driver of degree attainment and economic mobility.
$25 million grant from Strada Education Network taps the collective experience and insights of HBCU leaders to scale experiential learning and leadership development within the college experience
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Historically, the path to a college degree and upward mobility for Black students usually led through a Black college or university.
Strada Education Network has awarded grants to five institutions whose aims align with Strada’s mission of “Completion With a Purpose.”