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.
Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers
Black Women at Harvard Say Claudine Gay’s Ouster Reflects a System That Wasn’t Built for Them
The Importance of School Connectedness for the Mental Health of Black Students
Why This California Community College Only Has 1 Full-Time Black Professor
Can We Stop Seizing Power and Influence From Black Women?
Eliminating Racial Bias in Health Care AI
‘The College Board Really Didn’t Know the History of Black Studies’
At Florida’s Only Public HBCU, Students Are Wary of Political Influence on Race Education
HBCUs Face Challenge of New Cybersecurity Regulations: How Philanthropy Plays a Role
70 Years After Brown vs. Board of Education, Public Schools Still Deeply Segregated
The Economics of Modern Affirmative Action Beneficiaries
Spelman College President Dr. Helene Gayle on Higher Education, Affirmative Action and Black Excellence
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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.
