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Natalie Braswell to Lead the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System

Braswell comes to her new appointment with extensive leadership experience in state government, including her current role as general counsel to Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont. In her new role, she will provide strategic oversight for the 16 campuses within Connecticut's public higher education system.

A Change in Leadership at Bennett College in North Carolina

Breaking News
Following 11 months of service, Teresa Hardee has concluded her term as interim president of Bennett College. Ronald L. Carter, former president of Johnson C. Smith University, will succeed Dr. Hardee as Bennett's acting president.

Ramona Ann Parker Named Dean of the University of Texas Permian Basin College of Health Sciences

Breaking News
Dr. Parker comes to her new role with nearly two decades of experience in higher education. Most recently, she served as associate vice president and executive dean for the College of Health Sciences at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas.

Keisha Blain Appointed President of the Center for Engaged Scholarship

Breaking News
Dr. Blain is a full professor of history and Africana studies at Brown University in Rhode Island. As a historian of the twentieth-century United States, she focuses her scholarship on African American history, the modern African diaspora, and women's and gender studies.

Research & Studies

Thurgood Marshall College Fund Report Examines the Research Capacity at HBCUs

“The question is not whether HBCUs can produce rigorous science. They already do,” said M.C. Brown II, executive director of the Dr. N. Joyce Payne Research Center. “The question is whether we — the research enterprise and the nation — will choose to invest in them as the strategic national assets they are.”

Are Medical Schools Still Practicing Race-Sensitive Admissions?

April Bleske-Rechek of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Jukka Savolainen of Wayne State University in Detroit argue that Black students are overrepresented in U.S. medical schools because they represent a small share of top-performing high school students in Advanced Placement STEM exams.

Analysis of Police Body-Cam Footage Reveals Significant Racial Disparities in Officer Interactions

Racism
In an analysis of recordings from New York Police Department body-worn cameras, researchers found that encounters with Black and Hispanic civilians that are documented as low-level encounters more often resemble detentions in their language, including direct commands in interactions that should be voluntary.

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“In the early modern period, the Apostolic See of Rome, responding to the requests of sovereigns, intervened several times in order to regulate and legitimize forms of subjugation, and, in certain cases, including the enslavement of ‘infidels.’ For this, in the name of the Church, I sincerely ask for pardon.”

Pope Leo XIV,
in his Encyclical Letter, Magnifica Humanitas, released on May 15, 2026

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14%
Black percentage of all high school students in the U.S.
5%
Black percentage of all high school students in the U.S. who take the Advanced Placement chemistry test

source: Theory and Society (see JBHE post)

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Three Universities Awarded Grants to Preserve Black Visual Arts Archives

The Getty Foundation recently awarded $1.8 million for eight grants through its Black Visual Arts Archive Initiative. Among the grant recipients are Morgan State University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Maryland.
Campus Racial Incidents

Florida International University Suspends Two Students Over Racist Group Chat

Two students have been suspended from Florida International University for participating in a group chat that was filled with racist and sexist slurs, descriptions of violently killing Black people, and musings about Hitler's politics.
Uncategorized

Indianapolis Church Acquires the Former Campus of Martin University

Martin University, the only predominately Black higher education institution in the state of Indiana, permanently closed its doors in January. The former campus has now been acquired by Eastern Star Church, whose leaders plan to use the space to build affordable housing options for the local community.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Harold K. Brown, 1934-2026

In 1971, Brown took a position in San Diego State University's department of academic affairs, making him the university's first Black administrator. One year later, he established what is now known as the department of Africana studies.
HBCUs

Thurgood Marshall College Fund Report Examines the Research Capacity at HBCUs

“The question is not whether HBCUs can produce rigorous science. They already do,” said M.C. Brown II, executive director of the Dr. N. Joyce Payne Research Center. “The question is whether we — the research enterprise and the nation — will choose to invest in them as the strategic national assets they are.”
Breaking News

Natalie Braswell to Lead the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System

Braswell comes to her new appointment with extensive leadership experience in state government, including her current role as general counsel to Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont. In her new role, she will provide strategic oversight for the 16 campuses within Connecticut's public higher education system.
Research & Studies

Are Medical Schools Still Practicing Race-Sensitive Admissions?

April Bleske-Rechek of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Jukka Savolainen of Wayne State University in Detroit argue that Black students are overrepresented in U.S. medical schools because they represent a small share of top-performing high school students in Advanced Placement STEM exams.
Breaking News

A Change in Leadership at Bennett College in North Carolina

Following 11 months of service, Teresa Hardee has concluded her term as interim president of Bennett College. Ronald L. Carter, former president of Johnson C. Smith University, will succeed Dr. Hardee as Bennett's acting president.
Racism

Analysis of Police Body-Cam Footage Reveals Significant Racial Disparities in Officer Interactions

In an analysis of recordings from New York Police Department body-worn cameras, researchers found that encounters with Black and Hispanic civilians that are documented as low-level encounters more often resemble detentions in their language, including direct commands in interactions that should be voluntary.
Breaking News

Ramona Ann Parker Named Dean of the University of Texas Permian Basin College of Health Sciences

Dr. Parker comes to her new role with nearly two decades of experience in higher education. Most recently, she served as associate vice president and executive dean for the College of Health Sciences at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas.
HBCUs

Fisk University Launches $1 Billion Campus Strategic Plan

Fisk University's new strategic plan, "Quantum Leap," is estimated to invest $1 billion in campus infrastructure and academic programs. A core element of the plan is a new 100,000-square-foot Innovation Center for academic instruction and interdisciplinary research.
Appointments & Awards

New Roles for Three Black Scholars in Higher Education

Andre E. Johnson was named director of graduate studies in the department of communication and film at the University of Memphis. Taylor Whitehead of Virginia State University was elected president of the HBCU Band & Orchestra Directors' Consortium and Paul Joseph López Oro was promoted to associate professor of Africana studies at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.
HBCUs

Wilberforce University Launches Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology

Drawing from foundations in anatomy, movement science, nutrition, and health promotion, the three-year kinesiology degree program is designed to prepare students for careers in health care, fitness, physical therapy, sports science, and wellness.
African-American History

Caleb Gayle Wins Distinguished Book Prize in Great Plains Studies

The Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has honored Northeastern University's Caleb Gayle for his new book on Edward McCabe, a Black man who tried to establish a U.S. state governed by and for Black people.
Graduate Schools

Johnson C. Smith University Establishes Transfer Pathway With College of Medicine in Antigua

Under the new agreement, qualified JCSU students will gain access to structured advising, mentorship, pre-medicine guidance, academic preparation support, and direct admissions pathways into AUA's medical degree program.
Appointments & Awards

Four Black Administrators Appointed to New Roles at Universities

The appointments are LeNá Powe McDonald at the University of Alabama, Sean Lyn Sr. at Fort Valley State University in Georgia, Charles Small at Syracuse University in New York, and Patricia Smith at Jarvis Christian University in Texas.
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.
African-American History

Harvard Publishes Database of 1,613 People Enslaved by University Leaders

The Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program has released an updated database featuring the names, locations, and documented dates of 1,613 individuals enslaved by members of the university community, as well as the names of the university leaders who enslaved them.
Diversity

Trump Administration Claims Yale School of Medicine Discriminates Against White and Asian Applicants

After conducting a year-long investigation into the Ivy League medical school, the DOJ determined that Yale used “racial proxies to circumvent the Supreme Court’s prohibition on using race to select students” and that “Black and Hispanic applicants were admitted with consistently lower academic qualifications than their White and Asian counterparts.”
HBCUs

Local Connecticut Lawmakers Aim to Establish an HBCU Satellite Campus in New Haven

Nearly two centuries ago, Connecticut lawmakers blocked an attempt by local abolitionists to establish a higher education institution for Black men in the City of New Haven. Now, the city aims to rectify that decision by establishing a satellite campus of an existing HBCU.
Racial Gap

The Racial Gap in Maternal Mortality Rates by Education Level

For Black women with a college degree, the maternal mortality rate in 2019 was 26.21 per 100,000 women. This was more than four times the rate for White women with a college degree.
Breaking News

Keisha Blain Appointed President of the Center for Engaged Scholarship

Dr. Blain is a full professor of history and Africana studies at Brown University in Rhode Island. As a historian of the twentieth-century United States, she focuses her scholarship on African American history, the modern African diaspora, and women's and gender studies.
Research & Studies

Fatal Police Shootings Are More Common in Counties With Greater Income Inequality

According to a new study, areas in the United States with greater income inequality experience a significantly higher rate of fatal police shootings. This pattern is particularly pronounced among Black Americans.
Breaking News

Jason Curry to Lead Morehouse College’s Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel

A Morehouse College graduate, Dr. Curry has spent the past two decades leading the Fisk Memorial Chapel at Fisk University in Nashville. He is slated to return to his undergraduate alma mater as dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel on June 15.
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Black Studies

Three Universities Awarded Grants to Preserve Black Visual Arts Archives

The Getty Foundation recently awarded $1.8 million for eight grants through its Black Visual Arts Archive Initiative. Among the grant recipients are Morgan State University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Maryland.
Campus Racial Incidents

Florida International University Suspends Two Students Over Racist Group Chat

Two students have been suspended from Florida International University for participating in a group chat that was filled with racist and sexist slurs, descriptions of violently killing Black people, and musings about Hitler's politics.
Uncategorized

Indianapolis Church Acquires the Former Campus of Martin University

Martin University, the only predominately Black higher education institution in the state of Indiana, permanently closed its doors in January. The former campus has now been acquired by Eastern Star Church, whose leaders plan to use the space to build affordable housing options for the local community.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Harold K. Brown, 1934-2026

In 1971, Brown took a position in San Diego State University's department of academic affairs, making him the university's first Black administrator. One year later, he established what is now known as the department of Africana studies.
HBCUs

Thurgood Marshall College Fund Report Examines the Research Capacity at HBCUs

“The question is not whether HBCUs can produce rigorous science. They already do,” said M.C. Brown II, executive director of the Dr. N. Joyce Payne Research Center. “The question is whether we — the research enterprise and the nation — will choose to invest in them as the strategic national assets they are.”
Breaking News

Natalie Braswell to Lead the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System

Braswell comes to her new appointment with extensive leadership experience in state government, including her current role as general counsel to Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont. In her new role, she will provide strategic oversight for the 16 campuses within Connecticut's public higher education system.
Research & Studies

Are Medical Schools Still Practicing Race-Sensitive Admissions?

April Bleske-Rechek of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Jukka Savolainen of Wayne State University in Detroit argue that Black students are overrepresented in U.S. medical schools because they represent a small share of top-performing high school students in Advanced Placement STEM exams.
Breaking News

A Change in Leadership at Bennett College in North Carolina

Following 11 months of service, Teresa Hardee has concluded her term as interim president of Bennett College. Ronald L. Carter, former president of Johnson C. Smith University, will succeed Dr. Hardee as Bennett's acting president.
Racism

Analysis of Police Body-Cam Footage Reveals Significant Racial Disparities in Officer Interactions

In an analysis of recordings from New York Police Department body-worn cameras, researchers found that encounters with Black and Hispanic civilians that are documented as low-level encounters more often resemble detentions in their language, including direct commands in interactions that should be voluntary.
Breaking News

Ramona Ann Parker Named Dean of the University of Texas Permian Basin College of Health Sciences

Dr. Parker comes to her new role with nearly two decades of experience in higher education. Most recently, she served as associate vice president and executive dean for the College of Health Sciences at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas.
HBCUs

Fisk University Launches $1 Billion Campus Strategic Plan

Fisk University's new strategic plan, "Quantum Leap," is estimated to invest $1 billion in campus infrastructure and academic programs. A core element of the plan is a new 100,000-square-foot Innovation Center for academic instruction and interdisciplinary research.
Appointments & Awards

New Roles for Three Black Scholars in Higher Education

Andre E. Johnson was named director of graduate studies in the department of communication and film at the University of Memphis. Taylor Whitehead of Virginia State University was elected president of the HBCU Band & Orchestra Directors' Consortium and Paul Joseph López Oro was promoted to associate professor of Africana studies at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.
HBCUs

Wilberforce University Launches Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology

Drawing from foundations in anatomy, movement science, nutrition, and health promotion, the three-year kinesiology degree program is designed to prepare students for careers in health care, fitness, physical therapy, sports science, and wellness.
African-American History

Caleb Gayle Wins Distinguished Book Prize in Great Plains Studies

The Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has honored Northeastern University's Caleb Gayle for his new book on Edward McCabe, a Black man who tried to establish a U.S. state governed by and for Black people.
Graduate Schools

Johnson C. Smith University Establishes Transfer Pathway With College of Medicine in Antigua

Under the new agreement, qualified JCSU students will gain access to structured advising, mentorship, pre-medicine guidance, academic preparation support, and direct admissions pathways into AUA's medical degree program.
Appointments & Awards

Four Black Administrators Appointed to New Roles at Universities

The appointments are LeNá Powe McDonald at the University of Alabama, Sean Lyn Sr. at Fort Valley State University in Georgia, Charles Small at Syracuse University in New York, and Patricia Smith at Jarvis Christian University in Texas.
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.
African-American History

Harvard Publishes Database of 1,613 People Enslaved by University Leaders

The Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program has released an updated database featuring the names, locations, and documented dates of 1,613 individuals enslaved by members of the university community, as well as the names of the university leaders who enslaved them.
Diversity

Trump Administration Claims Yale School of Medicine Discriminates Against White and Asian Applicants

After conducting a year-long investigation into the Ivy League medical school, the DOJ determined that Yale used “racial proxies to circumvent the Supreme Court’s prohibition on using race to select students” and that “Black and Hispanic applicants were admitted with consistently lower academic qualifications than their White and Asian counterparts.”
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