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.

American Education Is Founded on White Race Theory
New Republic

Will Fewer Blacks Students Come Back to School this Fall?
Washington Post

The Group Calls on Whites Not to Send Their Children to Ivy League Schools, Allowing Black Students to Win Spots
Texas News Today

Legacy of Segregation Era Lives on Today at Louisiana State University
The Reveille
(Louisiana State University)

A YDS Alum Amid the 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’ Epidemic in Sierra Leone
Yale Divinity School News

UofL School of Dentistry’s First African American Female Student Reflects on Blazing the Trail for Others
University of Louisville News

Increase Diversity in the Classroom
The Temple News
(Temple University)

Black Cheerleaders at University of Texas Navigate a Sport Where Representation Is Rare
Austin American-Statesman

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