November 2021

For many college and graduate students hoping to become K-12 teachers, Praxis tests are among their most formidable obstacles. Administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), these examinations in pedagogy and subject content are typically required for licensure in 47 states and sometimes take numerous attempts for aspiring teachers to pass. But ETS recently announced […]

The recently announced 2022 class of American Rhodes Scholars includes six Black students and 22 women, setting the record for the most women ever to be selected for the award, which is considered the oldest and one of the most prestigious international fellowships in the world. Those numbers are notable given that, despite being first

The racial-barrier-breaking golfer Lee Elder has died at age 87, reports The Washington Post. Fighting against racial discrimination for much of his career, Elder made headlines in 1975 when he became the first African American to compete in the Masters tournament in Augusta, Georgia, considered one of the sport’s last racial barriers. Lee Elder in

Dr. Vincent Brown and Dr. Marjoleine KarsYale University has announced the 2021 Frederick Douglass Book Prize has been awarded to two authors, Dr. Vincent Brown, the Charles Warren professor of American history at Harvard University for Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War, and Dr. Marjoleine Kars, history professor at the University of

Many aspects of Indigenous peoples’ lives are invisible – our sovereign lands and boundaries, our right to self-determination and our proud customs. Also mostly invisible is our data on educational attainment – a fact that diminishes our voices as national policies for improving higher education are debated and discussed. Since Native American students make up

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, recalls a day he spent with renowned historian, author and civil rights activist the late Dr. John Hope Franklin more than a decade ago as one of the most memorable days in his life. Franklin had invited him to his home and to

Florida A&M University (FAMU) received $15,000 in donations to help its more than 300 students experiencing homelessness. FAMU NAA President Col. Gregory Clark, VP University Advancement Shawnta Friday-Stroud, Ph.D., Event Chair Doris Hicks, President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., VP Student Affairs William E. Hudson, Jr., Ph.D., Jemal Gibson, former NAA President Tommy Mitchell and FAMU BOT

Charles Foster and Joseph Shine are finally getting the recognition they were due more than 50 years ago when they became The Citadel’s first two Black students and desegregated the Corps of Cadets. Downplaying their contributions at the time, The Citadel is now commemorating the two men, both of whom are now dead.  During its 2021 homecoming

Economics has historically been considered a masculine field — a conception that still reveals itself in economics departments today. According to 2020 data from the American Economic Association, women represented roughly 25% of assistant professors and 13% of full professors in economics departments at the “top 20” schools. Yet, while those numbers aren’t stellar, they