Category : Education

- 2 months ago

Black Women Used Social Networks to Help Them Persist in STEM

Black women pursuing undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) create and rely on dynamic social networks in order to persist and overcome barriers in their education, according to a new study from University of Wiscon...

- 2 months ago

The First Black Dean of Loyola Law School in California

Brietta Clark is the new Fritz B. Burns Dean of Loyola Marymount University Law School in California. Clark, who is the nineteenth dean of the law school, is the first woman to hold the position and also the first Black dean in the law school’s...

- 2 months ago

The Morehouse School of Medicine to Combat HIV/AIDs in Georgia

Georgia ranks in the top five nationally for people living with HIV, according to the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. One in 51 people in Atlanta may be infected with HIV/AIDS at any given time. In...

- 3 months ago

Blacks Making Steady Progress in Medical School Enrollments

The Association of American Medical Colleges has released new data on diversity among medical school applicants and enrollees. The total number of students applying to medical school in 2023 decreased by 4.7 percent after an 11.6 percent drop a year...

- 3 months ago

Teacher Attrition at K-12 Schools in the United States

A new study from the U.S. Department of Education looks at teacher attrition at the nation’s public schools. Among public school teachers who were teaching during the 2020–21 school year, 84 percent remained at the same school during the 202...