Higher Learning with Joyce Payne

Through her life's work and advocacy, Joyce Payne has made an important life-changing difference, not for a few people, but for thousands. She is the founder of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, which has raised over $300 million for support and scholarships for its 47 historically black college and university member schools, and numerous students attending those schools.

She served as executive director of the National Alliance for Public Trust and as Vice President of the office for the Advancement of Public Black Colleges and Council of Student Affairs of the Association of Public and Land Grant universities.

She was the president of Global Systems Inc. and was a senior staff member under the Carter administration.

And as an authority on women's issues in relation to higher education and labor force participation, she has published and presented a number of papers on the pursuit of equality for women and African-Americans in higher education.