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Three African American women earn PhDs within nine days of each other: Georgiana R. Simpson, PhD in German Philology, University of Chicago, June 14, 1921; [19] Sadie Tanner Mossell, PhD in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, June 15, 1921; [20] Eva B. Dykes, PhD in English Language, Radcliffe College, June 22, 1921. [21]
When non-white women are addressed, they are grouped into one category as women of color. [3] WISER counters this methodology, instead proposing a microanalysis approach and the disaggregation of data. [3] This approach aims to improve equity for all women across a variety of social, economic, cultural, and political spheres. [1]
The education of African Americans and some other minorities lags behind those of other U.S. ethnic groups, such as White Americans and Asian Americans, as reflected by test scores, grades, urban high school graduation rates, rates of disciplinary action, and rates of conferral of undergraduate degrees.
815 Educational Statistics/Research Methods; 820 Educational Assessment/Testing/Measure; 822 Educational Psychology (also in psychology) 825 School Psychology (also in psychology) 830 Social/Philosophical Foundations of Education; 833 International Education; 835 Special Education; 840 Counseling Education/Counseling and Guidance
Emma Willard (1787-1870), was a New York educator and writer who dedicated her life to women's education. She worked in several schools and founded the first school for women's higher education, the Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York, which is now Emma Willard School. With the success of her school, she was able to travel across the country ...
The racial achievement gap in the United States refers to disparities in educational achievement between differing ethnic/racial groups. [1] It manifests itself in a variety of ways: African-American and Hispanic students are more likely to earn lower grades, score lower on standardized tests, drop out of high school, and they are less likely to enter and complete college than whites, while ...
The United States Department of Education published a Structure of US Education in 2008 that differentiated between associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, first professional degrees, master's degrees, intermediate graduate qualifications and research doctorate degrees. [1]
Frederick Payne Watts: Doctor of clinical psychology who produced two important texts for the field of Black psychology. He was the fourth African-American to receive his PhD in psychology. [citation needed] Howard Emery Wright: an African-American social psychologist and educator. He served as President of Allen University, in the U.S. Office ...