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.

Black College Students: An Endangered Species, Unless They Play Ball
The American Prospect

A New Study Confirms: Structural Racism in STEM Programs Needs Fixing
Union of Concerned Scientists

New MIT Internships Expand Research Opportunities in Africa
MIT News

Johns Hopkins Hosts Inaugural Black Excellence Conference
The Hub | Johns Hopkins University

“We’re All Living Hip Hop.” Dr. Langston Wilkins Explores Hip Hop as Assistant Professor of Folklore and African American Studies at the University of Wisconsin
Madison365

Organization Demands Increased Black Student Enrollment, Protests ‘Militarized’ University Police
Campus Reform

In an Effort to Diversify, Cleveland Police Look to HBCUs
Cleveland Scene

How This Community Organizer Is Using Data To Confront Education Inequity for Black Students
Essence

Morgan State University’s New Medical School President Seeks to Graduate More Black Doctors
WYPR

What Is Racial Battle Fatigue? A School Psychologist Explains
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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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.

AAUP Urges Institutions to Fund, Protect, and Publicize DEI Initiatives in Academia

The AAUP urges academic institutions to recruit and retain diverse faculty and student bodies and to "fund, protect, and publicize research in all fields that contributes to the common good and responds more widely to the needs of a diverse public."

In Memoriam: Ralphenia D. Pace

A scholar of food and nutritional sciences, Dr. Pace taught at Tuskegee University in Alabama for more than 40 years.

Black Matriculants Are Down at U.S. Medical Schools

In 2024, the share of Black applicants to U.S. medical schools increased by 2.8 percent from 2023. However, the share of Black medical school matriculants decreased by 11.6 percent. Notably, there has been year-over-year progress in overall Black medical school representation, which has risen to from 7.9 percent in 2017 to 10.3 percent in 2024.

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