ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Only 19 percent of black 4th graders in the U.S. and 13 percent of the nation’s black 8th graders were proficient in math in 2015, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Only 5.5 percent of black 8th graders in the U.S. in 2005 completed calculus five years later, and a mere 1.1 percent of the nation’s black college freshmen enrolled in engineering programs in 2010, according to a recent analysis conducted by the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). And then there’s this distressing fact from the American Society for Engineering Education: the percentage of African Americans among U.S. engineering bachelor’s degree recipients has been declining for more than a decade and was only 3.5 percent in 2014.

Broadly heads to Silicon Valley to spend a day with Erin Teague, the Director of Product at Yahoo! Fantasy Sports. Erin is responsible for designing the interface of Yahoo!'s fantasy gaming apps, which are used by millions of people every year.

Check out Makhari’s boat that can float! Makhari built his boat, tested it and was excited to share it with the NSBE family. Great job!

Melerick H. Mitchell’s own life is an example of a scientific theory he’s been talking about recently across the nation and in his hometown of Dallas.

Njema J. Frazier, Ph.D., lifetime member, longtime regional and national officer and current National Advisory Board member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), has been honored as one of the 2015 Ebony Power 100.

NSBE has appointed two new members to the Society’s Executive Leadership Team. Constance Thompson as NSBE's director of External and Government Affairs and Stanton Hill as NSBE’s new director of Finance and Accounting.

National Society of Black Engineers and Information Technology Senior Management Forum Sign Memorandum of Understanding. The Memorandum of Understanding Aims to Widen the Career Pipeline for IT Senior Executives.

The U.S. needs more Black Engineers to continue our nation’s progress through STEM: science, technology, engineering and math. To help solve this problem, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is calling on 7th graders across the country to buckle down academically, set their sights on college and commit to graduating with an engineering degree in 2025!

National Society of Black Engineers and American Association of Blacks in Energy Sign Memorandum of Understanding.

A recent post from a student who was struggling academically sparked a discussion on our great online community, MyNSBE. I was motivated to respond, which gave me the opportunity to consider what I’ve learned about failure and success during my own academic journey. I hope my message below was as helpful to the student who reached out as the process of writing it was to me.