Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

Each week, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links presented direct the reader to articles from many different points of view that deal with issues of African Americans in higher education. The articles selected do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board of JBHE.

We invite subscribers to e-mail us or tweet @jbhedotcom with suggestions of articles for inclusion in this feature.

What It’s Like to Be a White Student at a Historically Black College
Vice

A New Front in the Battle Over Affirmative Action
Harvard Magazine

Understanding the Positive Impacts of African American Fathers
University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration Magazine

We Need to Include Black Women’s Experience in the Movement Against Campus Sexual Assault
The Nation

How Xavier University Sends More Black Grads to Medical School Than Almost Any Other College
The Times-Picayune

Representing Slavery in Children’s Literature
Penn Today

Black Fathers and the Shame of Absenteeism
The Herald-Sun

The Clock Ticks for Affirmative Action
The Weekly Standard

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