Anonymous donor clears student debt of Wiley College graduates in Texas
Categories: US Education News
Wiley College said in a news release that over 100 students were gathered for graduation Saturday when the school’s president made the announcement.“We are constantly communicating with donors to assist students in these ways so that they can begin their after-college experience with less debt,” Herman J. Felton Jr., Wiley’s president and CEO, said in the news release.The college said in the news release that the estimated total for the balances owed to the college by the graduating class of 2022 was about $300,000.The 2007 movie “The Great Debaters” starring Denzel Washington was inspired by the 1935 debate in which Wiley prevailed over the University of Southern California’s nationally-known, powerhouse team at a time when the nation was heavily segregated.