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
Washington University Grad Doubles ACT Score, Launches Test Prep Startup
Has South Africa Truly Defeated Apartheid?
How HBCU Students Can Access Enough Food
Nation’s First HBCU Defines Resiliency, Excellence
Bethune Cookman Faculty Present Research On Myths And Stereotypes Surrounding Black Women
I Value the Africana Studies Major — Does Our Administration?
Duke Music Professor Anthony Kelley Makes ‘History’
Probable Criminal Activity’ Leaves Episcopal HBCU Strapped
How To Empower The Black Community And Address Social Justice Issues?
Are Race-Based Scholarships on Their Way Out?
Criticizing Critical Race Theory — and Its Critics
The Family Photographs That Helped Us Investigate How a University Displaced a Black Community
‘Deepest Apology.’ Ohio University’s Pause Means Female, Black Students Won’t Get $450K in Scholarships
The Surreptitious Segregation: School Choice Does Not Make for Choice Schools
What Does Black Excellence Look Like?
‘A Joke’: Nikole Hannah-Jones Says Harvard Should Spend More on Legacy of Slavery Initiative
Colleges Find a DEI Makeover Is a Useful Sidestep — For Now
Visualizing History: Lincoln University Showcases Its Heritage
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The University of New Mexico Partners With the University of the West Indies
The University of New Mexico and the University of the West Indies Five Island Campus, Antigua and Barbuda, recently created a new partnership designed to expand immersion opportunities for students at both institutions.
The Huge Racial Gap in College Completion Rates
According to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, the percentage of students who began college in the fall of 2018 and earned a credential within six years rose to 61.1 percent. For Black students who enrolled in 2018, 43.8 percent had earned a degree or other credential within six years. This is more than 17 percentage points below the overall rate. And the racial gap has increased in recent years.
American-Born Layli Maparyan Appointed President of the University of Liberia
Dr. Maparyan, a distinguished academic and prolific scholar, had been serving as the executive director of the Wellesley Centers for Women and a professor of African Studies at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.
Black Medical School Students Continue to Have to Cope With Racial Discrimination
A new study by scholars at the medical schools of New York University and Yale University finds that African American or Black students were less likely than their White counterparts to feel that medical school training contributed to their development as a person and physician.
