By Fedrick C. Ingram It started with us. Those deemed as some of the greatest minds in history — Plato, Pythagoras, Hippocrates — sat at the feet of Africans who taught them philosophy, geometry, and medicine. And just like all of humanity, education also sprang from African soil. So, it is no wonder that education
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By Claretta Bellamy A Florida school district has temporarily barred students from viewing a historical film about real-life civil rights pioneer Ruby Bridges at an elementary school after a parent filed a complaint this month. The film “Ruby Bridges,” a historical drama about 6-year-old Bridges integrating a New Orleans elementary school in 1960, was shown
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Interview By Ayesha Roscoe Historically Black colleges and universities in the U.S. have been underfunded for decades. NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to journalist Adam Harris about the underlying reasons behind the inequality. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: The state of facilities at historically Black colleges and universities, also known as HBCUs, again made headlines in recent weeks.
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Courtesy of Clark Atlanta University The Presidents of the University of Lomé and Clark Atlanta University signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Lomé, Togo today, in a partnership facilitated by the World Bank Group. The partnership will create opportunities for students and faculty to collaborate on research and promote more inclusive and sustainable social and
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By Jalen Brown After close to a century, Vanderbilt University’s neurosurgery residency program will have its first Black woman resident. Tamia Potter is the first Black woman to accept a spot in the neurosurgery position at the university’s medical center in Nashville, Tennessee. The 26-year-old received the news on March 17 – better known to medical
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By Andrew Skerritt The growth of Florida A&M University’s online degree programs was highlighted during the recent Florida Board of Governors March meeting at the Tallahassee campus. FAMU grew from 40 online courses and three online degree programs in fall 2011 to 685 online courses and 13 fully online undergraduate and graduate programs in fall
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Courtesy of Delaware State University As part of the celebration of Women’s History Month, a group of female educators from Delaware State University last week attended the annual Delaware ACE Women’s Network (DAWN) leadership summit, hosted at Goldey-Beacom College. The March 22 “Women in Education L.E.A.D.” daylong summit featured keynote speaker Yahshikiah “Yah” Hughes and a multitude
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By Ximena Bustillo Vice President Harris is leaving on Saturday for a week-long trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia. She will be the highest-ranking Biden administration official to visit the continent as the White House strives to deepen its outreach and counter Chinese influence there. Harris plans to meet with President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana,
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By Sholnn Z. Freeman The U.S. Department of Transportation has selected Howard University to lead a Tier 1 University Transportation Center through, building on the success of the existing Howard University Transportation Research Center. The selection marks the first time Howard University has been selected as a lead university in the history of 36-year-old government research program. The research
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By Derrick Z. Jackson If you watch the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division 1 Men’s basketball tournament for pure sports entertainment, fine. If you watch to cheer your alma mater, I understand. If you watch because on any given night, a Lilliputian like Florida Atlantic can topple a Tennessee and Kansas State on its way to the Final Four, I get
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