self-confidence and increased self-doubt; in the long term, the definition of success evolves and becomes less about academic expectations and more about authenticity and personal values; and having a mentor in higher education contributes to better chances of being appointed to leadership positions....
From its founding the college is open to Blacks and women and has a long history of dedication to African-American higher education. 1836: Isaiah G. DeGrasse received a bachelor’s degree from Newark College (now the University of Delaware). DeGrasse appears to be the first African American...
Several studies have found that, among Black men and/or women, education has a positive association with allostatic load, such that post-secondary schooling is related to higher allostatic load (Howard & Sparks, 2015; Richardson et al., 2021; Sims & Coley, 2019). Yet, we found no evidence...
Good Housekeeping invited Black women across a range of ages, salaries and job industries to share what they want from the Biden administration. Here's what they had to say.
Also ranks #4 on The Best Dressed Women in Hip-Hop 79 H.E.R. R&B, Pop 109 votes Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson (born June 27, 1997), better known professionally as H.E.R. (pronounced "her", an acronym for Having Everything Revealed), is an American singer and songwriter. After initial...
In fact Gumbs summed up her entire book when I saw her speak as “scenes of black women getting free from slavery until present.” When I first picked up the book, I didn’t have any real sense of what “fugitivity” meant in Gumbs’ context, but as I heard her speak and describe...
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I didn’t start having fun until Dr. Pinson asked me about the ‘bonus unit’ I added to the syllabus I created for one of her answers. Essentially, I had created a syllabus of modern African American literature, and added a bonus unit on a Black Women Writers’ Renaissance in the ...
What policy interventions can meet the needs of Black teachers in having successful and supported teaching experiences? How have these interventions been successful, and what are the considerations for applying them more broadly? We find that Black teacher turnover rates are significantly higher than ...
The ranking of the best cities for Black women was based on eight factors: safety, Black population, educational attainment, poverty rates, income, employment, health insurance and homeownership. Each factor was weighted equally and scaled to a score between 0 and 1. The factors were calculated ...