After a difficult period in the 1960s and 1970s, historically Black institutions are enjoying a renaissance as more academically gifted students are enrolling. Since the 1980s, historically Black institutions have become increasingly skillful at recruiting and enrolling the nation's highest-achieving Black high school students. (JM)

The Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, the United Negro College Fund, and the Siemens Foundation have collaborated to establish the Siemens Teacher Scholarships, aimed at encouraging minority students to pursue teaching careers in math and science. This brief article discusses the details of the new program.

Ten years ago, the state best known for its peaches launched a revolution that still reverberates in the halls of colleges and universities across the country. Faced with a plethora of poorly performing high-school students and a growing number of graduates fleeing the state for postsecondary study, Georgia unveiled its Helping Outstanding Pupils…