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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 with suggestions of articles for inclusion in this feature.

The Untold Story Of The Black Pilgrims Of Plymouth Colony
NewsOne

How Fashion Is Shaping Culture on HBCU Campuses
Capital B

Virginia Lawmaker Calls for Commission to Study State Universities’ History of Uprooting Black Communities
ProPublica

How Reconstruction Created American Public Education
The Atlantic

Why Is America Afraid of Black History?
The Atlantic

Want to Increase Black Enrollment? Let’s Fix K-12 Education.
The Oracle
(University of South Florida)

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Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

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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

Diversity
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

In Memoriam
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

Enrollments
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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Rick Smith Appointed President of Dallas College Northlake

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American Born and Educated Scholar Is the First Black Woman Professor at University in the U.K.

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A psychology faculty member with City St. George's, University of London for over a decade, Jessica Jones Nielsen has been named the institution's first-ever Black woman full professor. She has served as the university's assistant vice president for equality, diversity, and inclusion since 2021.

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