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
It Takes a Village: How the Black Community in Lexington Supported VMI and Its First Wave of Black Cadets
College of Charleston Diversity Program Fosters Student Success
Genetics Studies Have a Diversity Problem That Researchers Struggle To Fix
The Hostility Black Women Face in Higher Education Carries Dire Consequences
An Open Letter to President Eisgruber and VP Calhoun Concerning Minoritized Student Safety
Black Girls’ Safety in Schools: Miami-Dade Study Makes Urgent Call for Change
Artificial Intelligence and the African Diaspora to Meet in Course
Zero HBCU Football Picks in the 2024 NFL Draft
Is New AP African American Studies Course Too Woke? We Attended Class to Find Out.
In Honor of Martin Luther King, Morehouse Should Rescind Biden’s Invitation to Speak
Nikole Hannah-Jones on History, Rage — and Hope
Five Decades of Black Greeks at Duke
The History of HBCU Student Protests in 15 Images
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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.
