Nationwide — Mychal Wynn, author, educator, researcher, and strategist has been guiding HBCU students onto debt-free college-bound pathways since founding the Foundation for Ensuring Access and Equity, a Marietta, Georgia-based non-profit in 2006. Via his organization and his series of books, he has guided students into full scholarships at such HBCUs as Benedict, Claflin, Clark Atlanta, Dillard, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina Central, Tuskegee, and Xavier (LA), and into such large dollar scholarships as the CodeHouse Scholars, ELC Scholars, Gates, Jack Kent Cooke, and Ron Brown.
Wynn, in his HBCU series, provides a playbook for identifying HBCU-specific scholarships and career pathways for high school students, community college transfer students, and students currently attending HBCUs. Mr. Wynn provides step-by-step guidance in not only researching scholarships, but in building a résumé, writing a cover letter, writing highly qualified essays, identifying recommenders, and developing a scholarship-winning “package.”
Wynn’s HBCU series begins with Why Attend an HBCU, debunking myths regarding the quality of HBCUs and outlining the researched-based support offered by HBCUs that are placing Black students onto trajectories into richly rewarding careers and combatting the underrepresentation of Blacks across virtually all career sectors.
Followed by HBCU Healthcare Pathways and HBCU STEM Pathways providing occupational and salary data of the fastest growing careers and presenting unique opportunities through HBCUs into guaranteed graduate and medical programs, dual degree programs, and partnership agreements with some of America’s top graduate and medical schools.
The series is anchored by HBCU Scholarships… and More, a 384-page playbook that responds to the United Negro College Fund’s report, “Fewer Resources, More Debt,” (Saunders, et al., 2016) which notes that over 80 percent of students attending HBCUs are taking out student loans to finance their education. As a strategist, Mr. Wynn believes in developing a game plan that is focused on matching to the ‘right’ schools and for the ‘right’ scholarships. Mr. Wynn is committed to ensuring that more students avoid being chained to a lifetime of repaying student loan debt.
Through his books and workshops, Wynn helps students to understand how developing strategies for matching to 2 to 3 scholarships is all that is needed to increase on-time graduation and receive a debt-free college education. The books are available on the foundation’s website, Amazon.com, or through your local bookseller. He is available to speak to students, parents, counselors, and community-based organizations committed to reducing the number of students being burdened by a lifetime of repaying student loans.
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“Prior to applying to an HBCU, I had no prior knowledge of the many merit-based full-ride scholarships offered by NC A&T and other HBCUs, like the full scholarship that one of my sisters received from Claflin University. However, Mr. and Mrs. Wynn urged me to research these programs, informed me of the Dowdy scholarship, guided me throughout my application process, and prepared me for the scholarship interview. As I reflect on my 4 years at North Carolina A&T, I also reflect on the college planning guidance and support that enabled me to attend NC A&T on a full scholarship. Not only did my family and I avoid large sums of student loan debt, I was able to finance a majority of my graduate school application fees through my scholarship. In addition to the hugely beneficial financial support, my scholarship offered many networking and professional development opportunities.” — Sydnee B., North Carolina A&T Dowdy Scholar
For press inquiries, contact the Foundation for Ensuring Access and Equity at (678) 395-5825 or mychalwynn@accessandequity.org
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