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Booker T. Washington Descendant: Fight for Quality Education Constant

Amanda Washington, Booker T. Washington’s great-great granddaughter, assesses the state of education 50 years after the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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African-American

Experts Cite Strides, Struggles for Blacks in Higher Education Since Juneteenth

The program commemorated one of the oldest known celebrations for the end of slavery in the U.S. by highlighting the overarching HBCU significance since 1865 and the fight for equal education post-Brown v. Board of Education.

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Asian American Pacific Islander

Intervention Programs Having Positive Impact on AAPI Educational Achievement

AAPI community college students who participate in federally funded intervention programs are likelier than nonparticipating peers to earn associate’s degrees.

Community Colleges

Equity, Inclusion Take Center Stage at NISOD Conference

NISOD partners with Diverse to launch new awards program.

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African-American

D.C. STEM Symposium Examines Equity Issue

Assistant secretary of education, College Board president among those weighing in on diversity in STEM.

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Faculty & Staff

Israeli, Chinese Universities to Collaborate

Two top universities from Israel and China announced Monday that they are starting a $300 million research project focused on nanotechnologies.

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Chiang Remembered as Pioneer Biostatistician of Public Health

Chiang’s use of statistics helped transform the health care field, impacted analyses of public health issues and underscored why biostatistics deserved to become its own discipline.

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Faculty & Staff

Howard University Awarding School Record 105 Doctoral Degrees

Howard University has maintained it lead as the top producer of on-campus doctoral degrees awarded by Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

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African-American

Kanika Tolver Creating a Path to Success in STEM Fields

Amid a national crisis to recruit skilled professionals to the STEM fields, Kanika Tolver manages not only to represent the scarce number of minorities in STEM, but also emerge as an innovator in information technology.

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Faculty & Staff

For Minorities’ Educational Needs, Funding Lags Far Behind Effort

Today more than 90 percent of the nation’s population growth is from people of color, yet we are failing to address their educational needs.

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Faculty & Staff

Dr. Ahna Skop

Ahna Skop is an associate professor in the Department of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin- Madison . An artist and expert in microscope techniques for biology, Skop is known for her microscopic images of cells caught in the act of splitting. Her research team focuses on learning the secrets of cell division, hoping to […]

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Juan Gilbert

Dr. Juan E. Gilbert is a professor and chair of the Human-Centered Computing Division in the School of Computing at Clemson University. He was named one of the 50 Most Important African- Americans in Technology by eAccess Corp. Gilbert wants to combat the notion that STEM careers are boring and not suited for African- Americans. […]

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