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Betty Whitted Holley to Assume the Presidency of Payne Theological Seminary in Ohio

In November, Dr. Holley will be installed as the eighteenth president of Payne Theological Seminary in Ohio. She previously served as the seminary's interim president, academic dean, and director of the Alternative Theological Extension Program.

Sonja M. Brown Appointed Provost at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

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Dr. Brown comes to UAPB from Fayetteville State University, where she has served as associate vice chancellor for academic and faculty affairs and interim provost.

New Dean Appointments for Four Black Leaders in Higher Education

Breaking News
The appointments are Phillip Davis at Augusta University's College of Business, Sherree R.B. Davis at Hampton University's School of Liberal Arts and Education, Ashley S. Dukes at South Georgia Technical College's Americus campus, and Margarita David at Rowan University's School of Nursing & Health Professions.

Tuskegee University Named a Distinguished Military College

Breaking News
The Distinguished Military College designation is reserved for institutions recognized for excellence in military leadership development, officer production, academic achievement, and service to the nation. Tuskegee is the only historically Black college or university to receive the designation.

Research & Studies

Black Law School Graduates of the Class of 2025 Reported the Lowest Rate of Employment

Among law school graduates of the Class of 2025, Black graduates were the least likely racial group to secure employment. They were also significantly less likely than their peers to secure a bar admission required/anticipated position.

Why Increasing Black Homeownership Is Not Enough to Improve the Racial Wealth Gap

A new report authored by Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana of the University at Albany argues that historical financial disparities and systemic racism embedded within the housing market makes homeownership a risky investment for Black Americas.

Specific Fields Where No African Americans Earned Doctorates in 2025

Degree Attainments
In 2025, 1,784 doctoral degrees were awarded in 18 specific disciplines. None of these 1,784 doctorates were awarded to African Americans.

Black Adults Are More Likely to Be Politically Disengaged When They Attend Multiracial Congregations

Black Studies
While the vast majority of Black Americans lean Democrat in their political views, where they worship shapes their politics, according to new research from Ryon Cobb, assistant professor of social work at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

The Number of African American Doctorates Reaches an All-Time High

Degree Attainments
African Americans earned 5.1 percent of all doctorates awarded by U.S. universities in 2025 and 8.3 percent of all doctorates awarded to U.S. citizens or permanent residents of this country.

Predominately Black Neighborhoods Are Disproportionately Impacted by Pharmacy Deserts

Racial Gap
“When a pharmacy is absent in a neighborhood because it closed or was never there, this can create barriers for residents to not only obtain medications, but other essential health services, such as vaccines [and] testing and treatment for multiple diseases and conditions,” said Elaine Nsoesie, associate professor of global health at Boston University.

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Black Law School Graduates of the Class of 2025 Reported the Lowest Rate of Employment

Among law school graduates of the Class of 2025, Black graduates were the least likely racial group to secure employment. They were also significantly less likely than their peers to secure a bar admission required/anticipated position.
Breaking News

Betty Whitted Holley to Assume the Presidency of Payne Theological Seminary in Ohio

In November, Dr. Holley will be installed as the eighteenth president of Payne Theological Seminary in Ohio. She previously served as the seminary's interim president, academic dean, and director of the Alternative Theological Extension Program.
Racial Gap

Why Increasing Black Homeownership Is Not Enough to Improve the Racial Wealth Gap

A new report authored by Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana of the University at Albany argues that historical financial disparities and systemic racism embedded within the housing market makes homeownership a risky investment for Black Americas.
Breaking News

Sonja M. Brown Appointed Provost at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Dr. Brown comes to UAPB from Fayetteville State University, where she has served as associate vice chancellor for academic and faculty affairs and interim provost.
Degree Attainments

Specific Fields Where No African Americans Earned Doctorates in 2025

In 2025, 1,784 doctoral degrees were awarded in 18 specific disciplines. None of these 1,784 doctorates were awarded to African Americans.
Breaking News

New Dean Appointments for Four Black Leaders in Higher Education

The appointments are Phillip Davis at Augusta University's College of Business, Sherree R.B. Davis at Hampton University's School of Liberal Arts and Education, Ashley S. Dukes at South Georgia Technical College's Americus campus, and Margarita David at Rowan University's School of Nursing & Health Professions.
HBCUs

Edward Waters University Announces $33 Million Investment in Campus Infrastructure

Included in this major infrastructure investment is a new student residence hall, which will be the first new student housing facility constructed on the HBCU's campus since 1982. Other projects include a new on-campus track and renovations to administrative and academic spaces.
Appointments & Awards

New Faculty Appointments for Five Black Scholars

Paula Marie Seniors was selected for an endowed professorship in Africana studies at Virginia Tech. The other appointments are four new assistant professors: Kamia Smith at the University of Cincinnati, Efemena Diejomaoh at Meharry Medical College, Danielle Lynch at Pomona College, and Camille Lois at Cornell University.
HBCUs

Savannah State University Seeks to Launch Its First Doctoral Program

Savannah State University plans to offer a doctor of public administration degree beginning in Fall 2027. The degree will be the HBCU's first doctoral program.
Appointments & Awards

Emory University’s Tayari Jones Receives Award for Her Latest Novel

Tayari Jones, an endowed professor at Emory University, has received the 2026 Kirkus Prize for Fiction for her latest novel, Kin. The book is Professor Jones' fifth novel.
HBCUs

Elizabeth City State University and Lenoir Community College Establish New Aviation Partnership

Under a new agreement, students enrolled in LCC's aviation management and career pilot technology program may apply for co-admission to ECSU's bachelor's degree in aviation science.
Appointments & Awards

New Leadership Roles for Four Black Administrators in Academia

Amanda Peters Hopkins and Kevan L. Turman are taking on vice presidential roles in advancement at Rollins College and Salem Academy and College, respectively. Christine Mellampe is executive director of human resources for Bronx Community College and Brianna Clark-Williams is associate dean of Richmond College at the University of Richmond.
Grants and Gifts

Higher Education Gifts or Grants of Interest to African Americans

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
HBCUs

Kalamazoo Public Schools Scholarship to Cover Tuition at HBCUs

For the past two decades, The Kalamazoo Promise scholarship program has covered up to 100 percent of tuition and mandatory fees for Kalamazoo Public Schools graduates attending one of 60 participating postsecondary institutions in the state of Michigan. Now the program has been expanded to support eligible students attending any HBCU in the nation.
Black Studies

Columbia’s Teachers College to Lead Study on the Impacts of Racial Inequities in New York City

“This study is an opportunity to turn historical understanding and community priorities into concrete recommendations for redress and racial justice,” said Columbia University's Sonya Douglass.
Articles

Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

Each week, JBHE will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
Books

Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view.
HBCUs

Finalists Selected for President of the Southern University System

The three candidates to lead the Southern University System are Brian K. Bridges, the former Secretary of Higher Education for the State of New Jersey, Roscoe Jones, the former dean of the Drake University Law School in Iowa, and Larissa Littleton-Steib, the chancellor of Delgado Community College in New Orleans.
HBCUs

Lawsuit Claims Lincoln University of Missouri Was Shorted $362 Million in State Funding

Filed by a group of alumni and students, the lawsuit claims that Missouri violated the Morrill Act, which requires states to match federal funding directed to land-grant institutions. According to the plaintiffs, noncompliance with the legislation resulted in some $362 million in underfunding to Lincoln University between 1987 and 2020.
Enrollments

Just Over One Percent of First-Year Students at Carnegie Mellon University Are Black

Of the 1,865 first-year students at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh this fall, only 23 — 1.23 percent — are Black.
Breaking News

Tuskegee University Named a Distinguished Military College

The Distinguished Military College designation is reserved for institutions recognized for excellence in military leadership development, officer production, academic achievement, and service to the nation. Tuskegee is the only historically Black college or university to receive the designation.
Black Studies

Black Adults Are More Likely to Be Politically Disengaged When They Attend Multiracial Congregations

While the vast majority of Black Americans lean Democrat in their political views, where they worship shapes their politics, according to new research from Ryon Cobb, assistant professor of social work at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Degree Attainments

The Number of African American Doctorates Reaches an All-Time High

African Americans earned 5.1 percent of all doctorates awarded by U.S. universities in 2025 and 8.3 percent of all doctorates awarded to U.S. citizens or permanent residents of this country.
Breaking News

Bishane Whitmore Named President of the Community College of Denver

With more than two decades of leadership experience in the United States Air Force, Dr. Whitmore holds both a master's degree and a Ph.D. in military strategy from the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama.
Racial Gap

Predominately Black Neighborhoods Are Disproportionately Impacted by Pharmacy Deserts

“When a pharmacy is absent in a neighborhood because it closed or was never there, this can create barriers for residents to not only obtain medications, but other essential health services, such as vaccines [and] testing and treatment for multiple diseases and conditions,” said Elaine Nsoesie, associate professor of global health at Boston University.
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Black Law School Graduates of the Class of 2025 Reported the Lowest Rate of Employment

Among law school graduates of the Class of 2025, Black graduates were the least likely racial group to secure employment. They were also significantly less likely than their peers to secure a bar admission required/anticipated position.
Breaking News

Betty Whitted Holley to Assume the Presidency of Payne Theological Seminary in Ohio

In November, Dr. Holley will be installed as the eighteenth president of Payne Theological Seminary in Ohio. She previously served as the seminary's interim president, academic dean, and director of the Alternative Theological Extension Program.
Racial Gap

Why Increasing Black Homeownership Is Not Enough to Improve the Racial Wealth Gap

A new report authored by Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana of the University at Albany argues that historical financial disparities and systemic racism embedded within the housing market makes homeownership a risky investment for Black Americas.
Breaking News

Sonja M. Brown Appointed Provost at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Dr. Brown comes to UAPB from Fayetteville State University, where she has served as associate vice chancellor for academic and faculty affairs and interim provost.
Degree Attainments

Specific Fields Where No African Americans Earned Doctorates in 2025

In 2025, 1,784 doctoral degrees were awarded in 18 specific disciplines. None of these 1,784 doctorates were awarded to African Americans.
Breaking News

New Dean Appointments for Four Black Leaders in Higher Education

The appointments are Phillip Davis at Augusta University's College of Business, Sherree R.B. Davis at Hampton University's School of Liberal Arts and Education, Ashley S. Dukes at South Georgia Technical College's Americus campus, and Margarita David at Rowan University's School of Nursing & Health Professions.
HBCUs

Edward Waters University Announces $33 Million Investment in Campus Infrastructure

Included in this major infrastructure investment is a new student residence hall, which will be the first new student housing facility constructed on the HBCU's campus since 1982. Other projects include a new on-campus track and renovations to administrative and academic spaces.
Appointments & Awards

New Faculty Appointments for Five Black Scholars

Paula Marie Seniors was selected for an endowed professorship in Africana studies at Virginia Tech. The other appointments are four new assistant professors: Kamia Smith at the University of Cincinnati, Efemena Diejomaoh at Meharry Medical College, Danielle Lynch at Pomona College, and Camille Lois at Cornell University.
HBCUs

Savannah State University Seeks to Launch Its First Doctoral Program

Savannah State University plans to offer a doctor of public administration degree beginning in Fall 2027. The degree will be the HBCU's first doctoral program.
Appointments & Awards

Emory University’s Tayari Jones Receives Award for Her Latest Novel

Tayari Jones, an endowed professor at Emory University, has received the 2026 Kirkus Prize for Fiction for her latest novel, Kin. The book is Professor Jones' fifth novel.
HBCUs

Elizabeth City State University and Lenoir Community College Establish New Aviation Partnership

Under a new agreement, students enrolled in LCC's aviation management and career pilot technology program may apply for co-admission to ECSU's bachelor's degree in aviation science.
Appointments & Awards

New Leadership Roles for Four Black Administrators in Academia

Amanda Peters Hopkins and Kevan L. Turman are taking on vice presidential roles in advancement at Rollins College and Salem Academy and College, respectively. Christine Mellampe is executive director of human resources for Bronx Community College and Brianna Clark-Williams is associate dean of Richmond College at the University of Richmond.
Grants and Gifts

Higher Education Gifts or Grants of Interest to African Americans

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
HBCUs

Kalamazoo Public Schools Scholarship to Cover Tuition at HBCUs

For the past two decades, The Kalamazoo Promise scholarship program has covered up to 100 percent of tuition and mandatory fees for Kalamazoo Public Schools graduates attending one of 60 participating postsecondary institutions in the state of Michigan. Now the program has been expanded to support eligible students attending any HBCU in the nation.
Black Studies

Columbia’s Teachers College to Lead Study on the Impacts of Racial Inequities in New York City

“This study is an opportunity to turn historical understanding and community priorities into concrete recommendations for redress and racial justice,” said Columbia University's Sonya Douglass.
Articles

Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

Each week, JBHE will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
Books

Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view.
HBCUs

Finalists Selected for President of the Southern University System

The three candidates to lead the Southern University System are Brian K. Bridges, the former Secretary of Higher Education for the State of New Jersey, Roscoe Jones, the former dean of the Drake University Law School in Iowa, and Larissa Littleton-Steib, the chancellor of Delgado Community College in New Orleans.
HBCUs

Lawsuit Claims Lincoln University of Missouri Was Shorted $362 Million in State Funding

Filed by a group of alumni and students, the lawsuit claims that Missouri violated the Morrill Act, which requires states to match federal funding directed to land-grant institutions. According to the plaintiffs, noncompliance with the legislation resulted in some $362 million in underfunding to Lincoln University between 1987 and 2020.
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Just Over One Percent of First-Year Students at Carnegie Mellon University Are Black

Of the 1,865 first-year students at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh this fall, only 23 — 1.23 percent — are Black.
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