Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Linda McMahon at the U.S. Department of Education's building in Washington, D.C., for her first day in office on March 4, 2025.

The economy is challenging for small-business owners. Companies owned by minorities and women have been among the hardest hit as they have been underserved and overlooked. Various studies have shown ...

Bay Area universities lost more than $2 million in funds after the Trump administration announced it was rerouting money meant for minority-serving institutions to charter schools and other ...

Education Department halts $350M in minority-serving grants. Tennessee lawsuit challenges Hispanic-Serving Institution program. Congress and advocates push back, citing impact on equity in education.

The U.S. Department of Education announced it will withhold $350 million of congressionally approved funds to minority-serving colleges and universities and divert the funds elsewhere, saying that the ...

Minority-owned businesses, including Black entrepreneurs, could obtain $10,000 grants from Citizens Bank. The Providence, Rhode Island-based bank is offering funding through its annual Small Business ...

From the day the Supreme Court outlawed racial preferences in college admissions last year, the business world has been sorting through what the decision might portend for programs that seek to boost ...

COLUMBIA - Ten Columbia entrepreneurs have been awarded $5,000 each in grants from Regional Economic Development Inc. and Central Missouri Community Action's annual Minority Business Enterprise ...

WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — In both health and jobs, COVID-19 has impacted minorities disproportionately. A full 10% of minority-owned businesses who participated in a recent survey said they expect to ...

LIMA — The Walter C. Potts Entrepreneur Center is seeking small and minority businesses to apply for grants up to $500. Businesses applying must be 51 percent owned by a minority or a woman, with the ...