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
How Universities Can Find Diversity in a Post-Affirmative Action World
Comeback College: How Morris Brown Kept Its Doors Open
Academia Is Failing Black Women: Examining Misogynoir Within The Academy
Supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities Can Help America Ensure an Equitable Recovery
Uncovering Yale’s History and Legacy of Slavery
Elizabeth Evelyn Wright: First African American Woman to Establish the Foundation for an HBCU in 1897
Atlanta Professor Allegedly Fired for Refusing to Inflate Grades at a HBCU
Confessions of an HBCU Grad
New Poll Reveals a Generational Divide Among Black Americans on Overturning Affirmative Action in Higher Education
Being a Black Creative at PWI
Despite Challenges, Here’s Why These Black Women Educators Stay in the Classroom
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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.