Education Archives - Global Black History

Harvard University Admits (‘With Receipts’) to Legacy of Slavery

Harvard University has finally admitted to its legacy of slavery and they have the receipts. In 2019, Harvard’s 29th president, Lawrence S. Bacow, established the Presidential Initiative on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery, appointed a committee representative of all the University’s…

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More Black Students Accepted into Medical Schools

The number of first-year African Americans enrolled in Medical Schools in the US is up – 21 percentto be exact. Of the 22,000 students who started medical school last fall, those who identified as Black or African American jumped 21% from…

All Africa America by Editor August 31, 2021

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13-year-old Just Started College at Georgia Tech’s campus

Caleb Anderson stunned the world when his family shared a now viral story highlighting just how gifted he was — reading the U.S. Constitution at the age of 2 and starting high school at just 10. His brilliance caught the attention of…

All Africa America East Africa by Editor August 26, 2021

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Cheating American College Students Are Paying Kenyans to Complete Schoolwork & Asking them to Dumb it Down

In a problem that shows no sign of abating as education increasingly is being conducted remotely, a recent CBS investigation has uncovered that American college students are outsourcing schoolwork to Kenyans overseas who are paid thousands of dollars a month to do anything from…

All Africa America by Editor July 9, 2021

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Zaila Avant-garde Is the New Spelling Bee Champ

Zaila Avant-garde just won the National Spelling Bee. Zaila outlasted a field of 11 finalists to win the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee title and the first-place prize of $50,000 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. In…

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Jackson Kaguri and The Nyaka School Project

A School for My Village The Nyaka School Jackson Kaguri was chosen as a CNN Hero for 2012. Even though he did not make the Top 10 category we still choose to highlight the wonderful work he is doing in Uganda. The Nyaka AIDS…

ReVision by Editor August 27, 2012

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Free Online University for Anyone Anywhere

University of the People (UoPeople) http://www.uopeople.org/ is the world's first tuition-free online university dedicated to the global advancement and democratization of higher education. The University embraces the worldwide presence of the Internet and dropping technology costs to bring tuition-free undergraduate degree programs to…