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Women at black colleges targeted for businessbr /br /Associated Press – September 16, 2009 4:04 AM ETbr /br /ATLANTA (AP) – Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University are among eight historically black colleges that will participate in an initiative aimed at training female students for careers in business and as entrepreneurs.br /br /The United Negro College Fund announced the partnership with Goldman Sachs. The 10,000 Women Business Leadership Award Program will help four UNCF institutions – Spelman, Clark Atlanta, Bennett College and Dillard University – as well as Xavier University, Hampton University, Howard University and North Carolina Aamp;T University, also historically black schools.br /br /The students will receive scholarships for the junior and senior years and a Goldman Sachs mentor. The program will award 31 scholarships over a 2-year period.br /br /div class=”zemanta-pixie”img class=”zemanta-pixie-img” alt=”" src=”http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=07634635-1a61-864e-8629-0390e8fcae18″ //div