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.

Building a New Canon of Black Literature
The New York Times

Are Black Churches, Once a Civil Rights Vanguard, Losing Importance?
UVA Today

Just the Tip of the Iceberg’: Kimberlé Crenshaw Warns Against Rightwing Battle Over Critical Race Theory
The Guardian

I’m a Psychology Professor Disturbed by How My Small, Liberal Arts College Treats Black Students. Here’s What My 12 Years of Research Found
Fortune

Academic Curriculum is a Racial Battlefield
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

End Collegiate Collection of Racial Data
Minding the Campus

Toward More Equitable Academic Research
Physics

The Morality of Affirmative Action is Complicated; Its Legality, Less So
The Stanford Review

Opening Our Front Door to Simmons and HBCUs
The Harvard Crimson

Why Are So Few Black Men Teachers in New York City?
Chalkbeat New York

Are Young Boys of Color Set Up to Fail in Early Education?
EdSource

Defunding Diversity: How Academia Is Failing Black Faculty
Forbes

Diversity Shouldn’t Be Up for Debate: We Need Representation in Academia
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter

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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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