Resources for Underrepresented Students
Graduate College Educational Equity Programs Office
The mission of the Graduate College Educational Equity Programs Office is to address questions of access to and participation in graduate education by individuals from groups that are currently underrepresented at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO)
Corporate Summer Internships for Undergraduate Students of Color
The Black Collegian Online
Career info, graduate/professional schools, etc.
Hispanic Online
Profiles, resources, career information, and job postings.
National Society of Black Engineers
NSBE's mission is to increase the number of culturally responsible Black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community.
ASPIRA Association is the only nonprofit organization devoted solely to serving Puerto Rican and other Latino youth through leadership development and education. ASPIRA takes its name from the Spanish verb aspirar, "to aspire to something greater."
MANA, a National Latina Organization, is a membership organization dedicated to the empowerment of Latinas of all ages.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) works to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of minority group citizens of the United States.
The National Indian Education Association supports traditional Native cultures and values to e nable Native learners to become contributing members of their communities, to promote Native control of educational institutions, and to improve educational opportunities and resources for American Indians and Alaska Natives throughout the United States.
The National Association of Equal Opportunity in Higher Education is the national umbrella and public policy advocacy organization for 118 of the nation's historically and predominantly black colleges and universities. Its mission is to champion the interests of historically black colleges and universities through the executive, legislative, regulatory, and judicial branches of federal and state government to articulate the need for a system of higher education where race, ethnicity, socio-economic status and previous educational attainment levels are not determinants of either the quantity or quality of higher education.