Necessity Driving Entrepreneurship
Necessity, not opportunity, is driving entrepreneurship, says a new report. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, a nonprofit research consortium, Monday released its latest National Entrepreneurial Assessment for the United States. It has been conducting this research since 1999. According to the report, in the United States, the percent of early-stage entrepreneurship activity that stemmed from individuals [...]
Read MoreWorkplace Disparities in Information Technology Careers Leading to Increased Turnover Rate for Women and Minorities
A new report from The Level Playing Field Institute indicates that women and people of color are significantly underrepresented and have vastly different work experiences than their white counterparts in technology jobs leading to a high turnover rate. The report, entitled Tilted Playing Field: An Examination of Hidden Bias in Information Technology Workplaces, reports on [...]
Read MoreLack of Funding Potentially Keeping African-American Youth Out of STEM Programs
There has been a lot of talk about pushing STEM programs in youth and within the school systems across the country. Programs and other initiatives have been put in place to help bring the presence of these fields to the forefront, especially with African-Americans since they make up even less of the population who pursue [...]
Read MoreStudy Showing African-American Children Engaging in the Media More Than White Counterparts
The Center of Media and Human Development at Northwestern University released an extensive report today on media, children, and race. The study looked across the board at various uses of the media and showed percentages and time spent on media use among African-American, white, Hispanic, and Asian-American children. The media plays a tremendous role in [...]
Read MoreStudy Examines Technology Habits of Black Mothers
As the battle online over the readership of young Black Women continues to heat up, a recent study released by BSM Media, a South Florida based marketing firm, may shed some light into the interest of Black mothers online. The study, which examines the technology habits of mothers across racial lines, shows some interesting contraindications [...]
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