Applying data science to Black achievements in higher ed

Last update: Thursday 31 May 2018

From time to time the denial of the achievements of Black Americans in higher education becomes so pervasive as to almost make me believe in "conspiracies." Given my personal history, I am particularly concerned by the recent "conspiracy" that denies the existence of hundreds of thousands of Black Americans like me who obtained higher ed degrees in STEM fields because the "pipelines" that would have enabled our existence haven't been created yet, according to the "conspirators". This kind of racist nonsense isn't new, but its persistence in a world wherein the most arcane facts are accessible to anyone who has access to the Internet is baffling. Herbert A. Simon, one of the great pioneers of our Information Age, anticipated the roots of this paradox.

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 5/26/18

Last update: Sunday 5/27/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = Europe's GDPR (general data privacy regulation) rules the Internet (in Europe) ... Other top stories = Amazon's controversial face recognition service... Federal judge bars Trump from blocking his critics on Twitter ... Millions of routers infected with state-sponsored malware

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other  organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant #EdTech innovations in the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 5/26/18

A. HBCUs + | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Chuckles

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 5/19/18

Last update: Sunday 5/20/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = U.S. Senate votes to keep net neutrality ... Other top stories = Apple considers new campus in North Carolina ... Cambridge Analytica suppressed Black votes ... Trump wants to use Postal Service to punish Amazon

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other  organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant #EdTech innovations in the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 5/19/18

A. HBCUs + | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Chuckles

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 5/12/18

Last update: Sunday 5/13/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = Google's Duplex exciting/scary AI assistant mimics chatty human conversation ... Other top stories = Apple & Goldman Sachs partner to develop credit card  ... Virtual assistants can hear instructions inaudible to humans ... Google & Microsoft 2018 developer conferences

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other  organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant #EdTech innovations in the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 5/12/18

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Chuckles

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 5/5/18

Last update: Sunday 5/6/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = Apple's quarterly report ... Other top stories = Facebook's 2018 conference ... Twitter's 330 million users must change passwords ... Cambridge Analytica's unlamented demise

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other  organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant #EdTech innovations in the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 5/5/18

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Chuckles

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016