The glaring message atop the Web site says it all: “The recession is hitting UNCF college seniors hard. Hundreds may not graduate this spring.”
“Your contribution can make sure they graduate.”
The urgent appeal from the UNCF (United Negro College Fund), the usually low-key, venerable fundraising machine for 39 of the nation’s private, historically Black colleges and universities, is another example of how the nation’s economic troubles are impacting colleges and their students across the nation.
The UNCF is trying to raise $5 million in quick order to help stem the surge in economic dropouts from member schools as the nation’s economic slump compounds the financial woes of poor minority households and is rapidly reaching deep into middle and higher income homes.
