Phenomenal twins get into 60 colleges, earn $1.6 million in scholarships

Deprice and Shaprice Hunt, from Chicago, have earned nearly $1.6 million in scholarships. Shaprice has been accepted to 35 colleges. Two of them have offered her a full-ride scholarship and five others have recruited her to play basketball. She earned $1.3 million in scholarships, the Huffington Post reports. Deprice, who is a youth activist in Chicago, has been accepted to…

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8 black women make history by earning their Ph.D.s at the same time

They’re called the “great eight.” All are receiving Ph.D. degrees from the Indiana University School of Education. Demetrees Hutchins, Shannon McCullough, Nadrea Njoku, Juhanna Rogers, Johari Shuck and Jasmine Haywood have earned doctorates in the field of higher education and student affairs. Tiffany Kyser and Jada Phelps Moultrie earned doctorates in urban education studies.

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