DECATUR, Ill. (AP) Decatur residents say they're relieved but wary by Archer Daniels Midland Company's announcement that it would move its global headquarters while retaining local jobs. The agribusiness giant says it needs a center with better access to customers, but plans no layoffs in Decatur.
Among Americans with earnings in the top 60 percent, 57 percent have an associate degree or higher, compared to only 28 percent of earners in the bottom 40 percent, the report says. Only 21 percent of Latinx adults and 31 percent of Black adults have a postsecondary degree, compared to 46 percent of white adults.
The report examines what could happen if the bottom 40 percent of earners got college degrees at the same rate as the top 60 percent and if higher education attainment rates were the same across racial groups. According to the analysis, over half the population, 58 percent, would have a postsecondary degree in that scenario, including an additional 12.9 million low-income white Americans, 10.2 million Latinx Americans, 5.9 million Black Americans and 498,000 Asian Americans.
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Some of the between two and three tons of old electronic equipment recycled at the Electronics Recycle opportunity this past week is shown, along with some of the volunteers who helped collect it.
BELLEFONTE The Bellefonte Intervalley Area Chamber of Commerce and Black Hoof Technology partnered to provide an Electronics Recycle opportunity at the Bellefonte Armory complex on April 23 and 24.
The event was designed as a free public service to keep old computers and related equipment out of the landfill and recycle them for productive use. The event was held at the Bellefonte Armory, courtesy of the Bellefonte Borough, and with the help of volunteers from the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology, the Chamber of Commerce, Black Hoof Technology, Downtown Bellefonte Incorporated, the local U.S. Army Recruiting Company, Timberland Federal Credit Union, and Bellefonte Borough Council. Upcycle, LLC was the professional recycler use
December 16, 2020 at 6:00 am
Nationwide protests in response to the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other unarmed Black men and women in the first part of 2020 inspired calls to action within academia’s ivory tower.
Social media movements such as #BlackInSTEM brought attention to discrimination faced by Black students and professionals throughout the science, technology, engineering and mathematics pipelines. U.S. Black residents studying and working in STEM fields are underrepresented at every level, from undergraduate degree programs to the workforce.
The academic environment fails to support Black students, says economist Gary Hoover of the University of Oklahoma in Norman. “Black students in STEM are some of the most talented people around, and if the environment isn’t going to be welcoming, these folks just take their talents elsewhere.”
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