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No Blacks Among the New Fellows Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
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The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
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July 1, 2008
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Each year the prestigious National Academy of Sciences selects new members. Inductees are those who in the academy's judgment have made the greatest contribution to scientific research, including social science research. Election to the academy is an extraordinary honor and membership is often seen as the pinnacle achievement of a scholar's career.
In April the National Academy of Sciences announced the election of 72 new members. While the academy does not release statistics on the racial makeup of new or existing members, a JBHE analysis of the list of new members found no African American among the latest inductees.
The NAS was founded in 1863. For the first century of its existence only ...