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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.

Bishane Whitmore Named President of the Community College of Denver

Breaking News
With more than two decades of leadership experience in the United States Air Force, Dr. Whitmore holdsboth 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.

Erika James Reappointed Dean of the Penn Wharton School

Breaking News
In 2020, Dr. James became the first woman and first African American to lead the Wharton School since its founding in 1881. Her contract has been extended and she will continue to lead the Ivy League business school through June 30, 2032.

Four Black Scholars With Academic Ties Named MacArthur Fellows

Breaking News
The four Black scholars with current affiliations with American educational institutions are Ellora Derenoncourt of Princeton University, Rodney McMillian of UCLA, Maaza Mengiste of Wesleyan University, and Immanuel Wilkins of New York University.

Research & Studies

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.

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.

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.

Racial Differences in How Long Students Take to Earn an Undergraduate Degree

HBCUs
Among Black students who earned an undergraduate award (bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, or certificates) in 2024–2025, those attending HBCUs completed their program faster than those attending other institutions.

The Majority of Voters Believe Race Relations in the U.S. Are Getting Worse

Research & Studies
Despite fears about race relations and the rise of White supremacy, more than nine-in-ten voters say America's diversity makes the country stronger, according to a new poll commissioned by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

Black Poverty Rate Declines, But Huge Racial Gap Remains

Racial Gap
In 2025, more than 7.9 million African Americans were living with incomes below the official poverty rate. Nearly one quarter of all Black children live in poverty.

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“Black folks do not need another lecture about the importance of the ballot. We need a government that gives people a reason to believe their participation matters after the election.”

Duvalier Malone
Duvalier Malone,
an author and scholar who holds a doctorate in urban leadership and entrepreneurship from the University of the District of Columbia, writing on The Fulcrum, 10-12-26

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Statistic of the Week

1,093
Number of research doctorates earned by African American men in 2025
1,897
Number of research doctorates earned by African American women in 2025

source: Survey of Earned Doctorates (see JBHE post)

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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.
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

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.
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 holdsboth 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.
Breaking News

Erika James Reappointed Dean of the Penn Wharton School

In 2020, Dr. James became the first woman and first African American to lead the Wharton School since its founding in 1881. Her contract has been extended and she will continue to lead the Ivy League business school through June 30, 2032.
HBCUs

South Carolina State University Cuts Nine Academic Programs

Four of the cut programs enroll zero students, another four enroll a combined 29 students, and the ninth program — mechanical engineering technology — will be phased out as the HBCU now offers a full mechanical engineering degree.
Appointments & Awards

Six Black Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Positions

The appointments are Carole Boyce-Davies at Howard University, Whitney Fields at Vassar College, Anthony Robinson at Wayne State University, Angel Jones at the University of Washington Tacoma, Sandra Thomas-Lalmansingh at McDaniel College, and Kira Reed at Syracuse University.
HBCUs

Shaw University Alumni Raise Formal Concerns With the HBCU’s Administration

A group of alumni from Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, have sent a formal complaint to the North Carolina Attorney General's Office regarding concerns with their alma mater's administration. The alumni are wary of the HBCU's financial and real estate management, as well as an unclear university master plan.
Appointments & Awards

Zophia Edwards Receives National Book Award in Sociology

Dr. Edwards is an assistant professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She was recently honored by the American Sociological Association for her latest book, Fueling Development: How Black Radical Trade Unionism Transformed Trinidad and Tobago.
Grants and Gifts

National Park Service Awards $10.7 Million in Grants to Eleven HBCUs

Eleven HBCUs have received a combined $10.7 million in grant funding from the National Park Service to support the preservation and stabilization of historic campus buildings.
Appointments & Awards

New Administrative Appointments for Six Black Americans in Higher Education

The appointments are Lance Kennedy-Phillips at Pennsylvania State University, Kiona Sinks at Metropolitan Community College, Ike Ugboaha at Talladega College, Johnny Bernard Hill at Shaw University, Maya T. Mapp at Bronx Community College, and Leandra Hayes-Burgess at North Carolina A&T State University.
African-American History

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.
Resignations

Virginia Tech Vice President Lance Collins to Retire in January

Dr. Collins joined Virginia Tech in 2020 after nearly two decades on the faculty at Cornell University, where he ultimately served as the Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering. He was the first African American dean at Cornell.
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.
Enrollments

Yale University Reports a Decline in Black First-Year Students

African Americans represent 10 percent of Yale's class of 2030. This is the lowest share of Black first-year students at the Ivy League university in the past 10 years.
African-American History

Bard College in New York Establishes the Ralph Ellison Center

The Ralph Ellison Center will serve as the new home for the Ralph Ellison archive. Currently housed at the Library of Congress, the archive will undergo an extensive digitization project by students, faculty, and other scholars.
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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.
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

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.
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 holdsboth 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.
Breaking News

Erika James Reappointed Dean of the Penn Wharton School

In 2020, Dr. James became the first woman and first African American to lead the Wharton School since its founding in 1881. Her contract has been extended and she will continue to lead the Ivy League business school through June 30, 2032.
HBCUs

South Carolina State University Cuts Nine Academic Programs

Four of the cut programs enroll zero students, another four enroll a combined 29 students, and the ninth program — mechanical engineering technology — will be phased out as the HBCU now offers a full mechanical engineering degree.
Appointments & Awards

Six Black Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Positions

The appointments are Carole Boyce-Davies at Howard University, Whitney Fields at Vassar College, Anthony Robinson at Wayne State University, Angel Jones at the University of Washington Tacoma, Sandra Thomas-Lalmansingh at McDaniel College, and Kira Reed at Syracuse University.
HBCUs

Shaw University Alumni Raise Formal Concerns With the HBCU’s Administration

A group of alumni from Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, have sent a formal complaint to the North Carolina Attorney General's Office regarding concerns with their alma mater's administration. The alumni are wary of the HBCU's financial and real estate management, as well as an unclear university master plan.
Appointments & Awards

Zophia Edwards Receives National Book Award in Sociology

Dr. Edwards is an assistant professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She was recently honored by the American Sociological Association for her latest book, Fueling Development: How Black Radical Trade Unionism Transformed Trinidad and Tobago.
Grants and Gifts

National Park Service Awards $10.7 Million in Grants to Eleven HBCUs

Eleven HBCUs have received a combined $10.7 million in grant funding from the National Park Service to support the preservation and stabilization of historic campus buildings.
Appointments & Awards

New Administrative Appointments for Six Black Americans in Higher Education

The appointments are Lance Kennedy-Phillips at Pennsylvania State University, Kiona Sinks at Metropolitan Community College, Ike Ugboaha at Talladega College, Johnny Bernard Hill at Shaw University, Maya T. Mapp at Bronx Community College, and Leandra Hayes-Burgess at North Carolina A&T State University.
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