"Character, not circumstances, makes the man"
-Dr. Booker T. Washington
A.C.E is an independent Black Owned Educational Services Company
| National Science Board Report | American Assoc. of Medical Colleges |
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| • Minorities earn 16% of STEM Bachelor Degrees. • Minorities earn 11% of STEM Master Degrees. • Minorities earn 5% of STEM Doctorate Degrees. |
• 7% enrolled are African-American. • 8% enrolled are Hispanic. |
| 2009 CT Commiss. on Educational Achievement report: • CT has greatest achievement gap in the country. • In CT, low-income students lag behind 30 points on average their non-low-income counterparts. • In CT, African-American and Hispanic students lag behind 30 points on average their European-American counterparts. |
Achiever
Joan E. Higginbotham
Joan received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1987, and a Masters of Management Science (1992) and Masters in Space Systems (1996) both from the Florida Institute of Technology. She is the third African-American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison and Stephanie Wilson.