Dr. Michael L. Lomax is the president and chief executive officer of UNCF, one of the nation’s largest and most prolific education organizations and the largest private provider of scholarships and other educational support to historically marginalized students. Under his leadership, UNCF raised over $4 billion and helped more than 200,000 students earn college degrees; launched the Institute for Capacity Building to help member historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) become more effective and dynamic institutions; and awarded more than 10,000 scholarships annually through the organization’s 400-plus scholarship programs.

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America’s Path Forward to Building Equity in Higher Education
For low-income, first-generation students of color, the American Dream is fading because education is not attainable, not accessible and certainly not affordable.

How to Launch the Next Great Era of Black Prosperity
Even today, in this time of racial awakening, many white Americans continue to ask the same demeaning question about historically Black colleges and universities that they did a decade ago and in the decade before that: With the end of Jim Crow and the integration of college campuses, does the country still really need HBCUs?