The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

Tonjanita Johnson Appointed President of the Universities of Wisconsin

Since 2019, Dr. Johnson has been senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the University of Alabama System. She will begin her new role in January, overseeing Wisconsin's 13 public universities.

Ronald A. Johnson to Lead Bluefield State University in West Virginia

Breaking News
Dr. Johnson comes to his new role with extensive senior leadership experience in higher education. He is a former president of Clark Atlanta University and a former interim president of Kentucky State University and Tennessee State University.

The Next President of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture

Breaking News
Travis E. Mitchell will become the new president of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture in November. Mitchell is a member of the foundation board and the board of visitors for the journalism school at Morgan State University in Baltimore, as well as the board of trustees for Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Xavier University of Louisiana’s New Medical School Receives Preliminary Accreditation

Breaking News
With this designation, the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine — the country's fifth medical school located at an HBCU — can begin recruiting students for its inaugural class of 2027.

Research & Studies

Federal Reserve Board Report Shows Huge Racial Income and Wealth Gaps

According to the Survey of Consumer Finances, the median Black family income was only 51.8 percent of the median non-Hispanic White family income in 2025. Non-Hispanic White family wealth was nearly 10 times the median Black family wealth.

Racial Differences in the Age of Doctoral Degree Recipients in the United States

More than 23 percent of all Black Americsns who earned doctorates in 2025 were over the age of 45. For White Americans earning doctorates in 2025, only 8.7 percent were over the age of 45.

Study Examines How African Americans View Caregiving Responsibilities for Older Adults

Research & Studies
A new study led by Nekehia Quashie, assistant professor of public health at the University of Rhode Island, examines how different African American age groups feel about the responsibility of supporting older adults.

The Universities That Awarded the Most Doctorates to African Americans From 2021 to 2025

Degree Attainments
Walden University, headquartered in Minneapolis but conducts most of its business online, awarded 1,476 doctorates to African Americans from 2021 to 2025. This was 10.8 percent of all doctorates awarded to Black Americans during the five-year period.

How Eligibility Requirements Limit Black Families’ Access to the Child Tax Credit

Research & Studies
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” enacted new eligibility requirements and earnings-based restrictions on the Child Tax Credit. According to a new analysis from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, these legislative changes limit access to critical financial support for Black families and caregivers.

Study Finds Persistent Racial Bias in Historic “Sundown Towns”

Racism
“This growing area of research has shown that biased people build biased institutions, enact biased laws, and create cultures of bias,” said author Jimmy Calanchini. “Those structural forces persist long after the people who built them are gone. They continue to shape the biases of people who live and work in them, and also attract more biased people to those places, which further perpetuates the cycle of bias in places.”

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Jackson State University to Layoff Eight Employees Due to Changes in Title III Funding

The affected employees include staff members in the HBCU's division of institutional advancement, whose positions were funded through a Title III project. Those funds will be reallocated to other Title III activities at Jackson State.
Appointments & Awards

New Appointments for Three Black Administrators in Higher Education

The appointments are Deidra Hill at Rutgers University-Newark, Anthony E. Barwick at Wilberforce University in Ohio, and Adrian Thomas at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
Grants and Gifts

Ten HBCUs Receive More Than $97 Million in Combined Federal Defense Funding

The new funds aim to support more HBCUs in achieving the prestigious R1 status, the highest research activity classification among colleges and universities in the United States.
Appointments & Awards

April Lavette Jones Receives National Award for Contributions to Social Work Education

Dr. Jones has influenced social work education at Bellevue University, Talladega College, Tuskegee University, and Alabama A&M University, where she currently serves as director of director of strategic innovation and distance social work education in the department of social work.
HBCUs

Drake State Partners With Blue Origin for New Opportunities in Space Manufacturing

Students at historically Black Drake State Community & Technical College in Alabama now have the opportunity to participate in Blue Origin's ATLAS program, a paid apprenticeship that combines technical education with hands-on industry experience in space manufacturing.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Linda Kay Jackson, 1944–2026

Jackson was a longtime administrator with several universities in Ohio. At Ohio State University, she held various roles within the Office of Minority Affairs, including director of administration and acting vice provost.
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.
Appointments & Awards

Avis Proctor Awarded for Leadership in Community College Education

Dr. Proctor has served as the sixth president of Harper College in Illinois for the past seven years. She was recently honored by the Association of Community College Trustees for her leadership in advancing student success, institutional innovation, and community college education.
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.
Features

Now Is the Time to Invest in HBCU Research Commercialization

Patent applications from scholars at HBCUs have surged, but without infrastructure, the value stays on the table.
Enrollments

Black First-Year Enrollment at Harvard Continues to Decline

For the Harvard Class of 2030, about 9.3 percent of students are Black. This is a major decline from three years ago, when 18 percent of first-year students at Harvard were Black.
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.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Henrie Monteith Treadwell, 1946–2026

Dr. Treadwell earned her bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of South Carolina in 1956, making her the university's first Black graduate since Reconstruction.
Racial Gap

Federal Reserve Board Report Shows Huge Racial Income and Wealth Gaps

According to the Survey of Consumer Finances, the median Black family income was only 51.8 percent of the median non-Hispanic White family income in 2025. Non-Hispanic White family wealth was nearly 10 times the median Black family wealth.
Breaking News

Tonjanita Johnson Appointed President of the Universities of Wisconsin

Since 2019, Dr. Johnson has been senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the University of Alabama System. She will begin her new role in January, overseeing Wisconsin's 13 public universities.
Degree Attainments

Racial Differences in the Age of Doctoral Degree Recipients in the United States

More than 23 percent of all Black Americsns who earned doctorates in 2025 were over the age of 45. For White Americans earning doctorates in 2025, only 8.7 percent were over the age of 45.
Breaking News

Ronald A. Johnson to Lead Bluefield State University in West Virginia

Dr. Johnson comes to his new role with extensive senior leadership experience in higher education. He is a former president of Clark Atlanta University and a former interim president of Kentucky State University and Tennessee State University.
Research & Studies

Study Examines How African Americans View Caregiving Responsibilities for Older Adults

A new study led by Nekehia Quashie, assistant professor of public health at the University of Rhode Island, examines how different African American age groups feel about the responsibility of supporting older adults.
Breaking News

The Next President of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture

Travis E. Mitchell will become the new president of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture in November. Mitchell is a member of the foundation board and the board of visitors for the journalism school at Morgan State University in Baltimore, as well as the board of trustees for Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
HBCUs

Spelman College Opens New Cybersecurity Clinic

Funded by a $1 million grant from Google, the new clinic will provide cybersecurity services to local organizations. Students will participate in the clinic's operations, which will introduce them to real-world experiences in cybersecurity.
Appointments & Awards

Two Black Scientists Appointed Assistant Professors at Liberal Arts Colleges

Courtney Marshall is a new assistant professor of neuroscience at Haverford College in suburban Philadelphia. Akachukwu Obi is a new assistant professor of Integrated Sciences at Claremont McKenna College in California.
HBCUs

North Carolina A&T State University Launches the Aggie Media Streaming App

Developed by NCA&T's department of journalism and mass communication, Aggie Media aims to increase the visibility of student and faculty work. The app features news, entertainment shows, documentaries, podcasts, radio station content, and more.
Appointments & Awards

Professor Cynthia Oliver Awarded for Her Career in Choreography

Cynthia Oliver has been a professor of dance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for more than 25 years. As a choreographer, she creates experimental dance-theater works that explore Blackness, feminism, Black masculinity, and Afro-Caribbean cultures.
HBCUs

Albany State University Creates New Pathway to Nursing Careers for Working Adults

Albany State University has partnered with Phoebe Putney Health System to provide a direct career pathway for students in the HBCU's associate of science in nursing evening-track program.
Appointments & Awards

Four African Americans Appointed to Administrative Roles at Universities

Adriel Hilton is senior advisor to the chancellor at Indiana University Northwest, and Jasmine Gurley is senior director of public relations at Howard University. Lauren D. Myers is chief human resources officer at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, and Damon L. Williams, Jr. is vice president of university relations and chief of staff to the president at Adler University.
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HBCUs

Jackson State University to Layoff Eight Employees Due to Changes in Title III Funding

The affected employees include staff members in the HBCU's division of institutional advancement, whose positions were funded through a Title III project. Those funds will be reallocated to other Title III activities at Jackson State.
Appointments & Awards

New Appointments for Three Black Administrators in Higher Education

The appointments are Deidra Hill at Rutgers University-Newark, Anthony E. Barwick at Wilberforce University in Ohio, and Adrian Thomas at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
Grants and Gifts

Ten HBCUs Receive More Than $97 Million in Combined Federal Defense Funding

The new funds aim to support more HBCUs in achieving the prestigious R1 status, the highest research activity classification among colleges and universities in the United States.
Appointments & Awards

April Lavette Jones Receives National Award for Contributions to Social Work Education

Dr. Jones has influenced social work education at Bellevue University, Talladega College, Tuskegee University, and Alabama A&M University, where she currently serves as director of director of strategic innovation and distance social work education in the department of social work.
HBCUs

Drake State Partners With Blue Origin for New Opportunities in Space Manufacturing

Students at historically Black Drake State Community & Technical College in Alabama now have the opportunity to participate in Blue Origin's ATLAS program, a paid apprenticeship that combines technical education with hands-on industry experience in space manufacturing.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Linda Kay Jackson, 1944–2026

Jackson was a longtime administrator with several universities in Ohio. At Ohio State University, she held various roles within the Office of Minority Affairs, including director of administration and acting vice provost.
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.
Appointments & Awards

Avis Proctor Awarded for Leadership in Community College Education

Dr. Proctor has served as the sixth president of Harper College in Illinois for the past seven years. She was recently honored by the Association of Community College Trustees for her leadership in advancing student success, institutional innovation, and community college education.
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.
Features

Now Is the Time to Invest in HBCU Research Commercialization

Patent applications from scholars at HBCUs have surged, but without infrastructure, the value stays on the table.
Enrollments

Black First-Year Enrollment at Harvard Continues to Decline

For the Harvard Class of 2030, about 9.3 percent of students are Black. This is a major decline from three years ago, when 18 percent of first-year students at Harvard were Black.
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.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Henrie Monteith Treadwell, 1946–2026

Dr. Treadwell earned her bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the University of South Carolina in 1956, making her the university's first Black graduate since Reconstruction.
Racial Gap

Federal Reserve Board Report Shows Huge Racial Income and Wealth Gaps

According to the Survey of Consumer Finances, the median Black family income was only 51.8 percent of the median non-Hispanic White family income in 2025. Non-Hispanic White family wealth was nearly 10 times the median Black family wealth.
Breaking News

Tonjanita Johnson Appointed President of the Universities of Wisconsin

Since 2019, Dr. Johnson has been senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the University of Alabama System. She will begin her new role in January, overseeing Wisconsin's 13 public universities.
Degree Attainments

Racial Differences in the Age of Doctoral Degree Recipients in the United States

More than 23 percent of all Black Americsns who earned doctorates in 2025 were over the age of 45. For White Americans earning doctorates in 2025, only 8.7 percent were over the age of 45.
Breaking News

Ronald A. Johnson to Lead Bluefield State University in West Virginia

Dr. Johnson comes to his new role with extensive senior leadership experience in higher education. He is a former president of Clark Atlanta University and a former interim president of Kentucky State University and Tennessee State University.
Research & Studies

Study Examines How African Americans View Caregiving Responsibilities for Older Adults

A new study led by Nekehia Quashie, assistant professor of public health at the University of Rhode Island, examines how different African American age groups feel about the responsibility of supporting older adults.
Breaking News

The Next President of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture

Travis E. Mitchell will become the new president of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture in November. Mitchell is a member of the foundation board and the board of visitors for the journalism school at Morgan State University in Baltimore, as well as the board of trustees for Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
HBCUs

Spelman College Opens New Cybersecurity Clinic

Funded by a $1 million grant from Google, the new clinic will provide cybersecurity services to local organizations. Students will participate in the clinic's operations, which will introduce them to real-world experiences in cybersecurity.
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