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
Harvard Rolls Back DEI
Ibram X. Kendi Faces a Reckoning of His Own
Why Is Enrollment on the Rise at These 3 Small HBCUs: Edward Waters, Wilberforce and Elizabeth City State
There’s a Diversity Gap in the Wardroom
Celebrating Black Graduation at RIT
Green Infrastructure Plans Need to Consider Historical Racial Inequalities, Say Researchers
Rosenwald Schools Remembered At Virginia Museum Of History And Culture
How a Racially Biased Kidney Test Harmed Black Patients
College Students Denounce HBCU Sororities Due to Religious Conflicts
Fostering Success for African American Students in STEM
Only 1.8% of US Doctors Were Black in 1906 – and the Legacy of Inequality in Medical Education Has Not Yet Been Erased
Memorialising the Lives and Experiences of Black Women at Oxbridge
Why Rolling Back Diversity Programs Shows Pure Cowardice
How a Small Group of Scientists and Educators Are Enhancing the Diversity of the Genomics Workforce
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