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The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, also referred to as the McNair Scholars Program, is a United States Department of Education initiative with the goal of increasing "attainment of PhD degrees by students from underrepresented segments of society," including first-generation low-income individuals and members from racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented ...
Hassan al-Jabarti (d. 1774) – mathematician, theologian, astronomer and philosopher, considered one of the great scholars of the 18th century Abū Kāmil Shujā ibn Aslam ( c. 850 – c. 930 )
The U.S. Rhodes Scholars for 2021 were elected virtually this year for the first time as the coronavirus pandemic swept across the globe, though that didn’t extinguish enthusiasm among the 32 ...
Board of Education Supreme Court case of 1954 made it illegal to segregate schools based on race. [10] The court ruled that school segregation stunted the development of minority children. At the time of the decision, some school districts were already desegregated, but schools in Topeka were still separated by race. [10]
An additional 15 students are chosen at-large, with another 20 scholars in the arts and 20 scholars in career and technical education. These scholars "represent the best of our nation’s schools ...
First African-American to attend the University of Alabama: Autherine Lucy. [36] She and Pollie Anne Myers had previously been the first black students admitted to the university, but had to undergo a three-year legal campaign to attend, and the university then found a pretext to block Myers's eventual admittance. [37]
Yosso’s research and teaching apply the frameworks of critical race theory and critical media literacy to examine educational access and opportunity. [ 2 ] She has authored numerous collaborative and interdisciplinary chapters and articles, publishing in venues such as the Harvard Educational Review, the International Journal of Qualitative ...