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
Tracing the Evolution of Diversity at Cornell
With Newly Digitized Slave Ship Logs, Berkeley Ph.D. Student Examines Race, Power — and Literacy
Kellie Carter Jackson: Black America Didn’t Just Resist. It Refused.
At Denver Training Center, HBCU Students Connect With United Airlines Pilots
Sonoma State University Professor Challenges Students to Think About Race, Gender Norms in Literature and Film
Pioneering Brown-Tougaloo Partnership Commemorates 60 Years
Experiences of Leaders in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in US Academic Health Centers
Barely Old Enough to Drive, Grad Is on Path to PhD
A Class Act: Documentary Opens the Book on New Mexico Educational Pioneer Clara Belle Williams
Oklahoma Democrats Call Out HBCU Underfunding: ‘Langston University Students Deserve Better’
Here’s How This Organization Helps HBCU Students And Alumni Embrace The Great Outdoors
American Slavery Wasn’t Just a White Man’s Business − New Research Shows How White Women Profited, Too
Lincoln University Suspends Alumni Association Over Finance and Management Concerns
Anti-Affirmative Action Organization Targets Minnesota State University Moorhead Scholarships in Complaint
Ancestry Releases Records of 183,000 Enslaved Individuals in America
LDF and Other Civil Rights Organizations Denounce South Carolina Department of Education’s Removal of Course Credit for AP African American Studies
Florida A&M, a Dubious Donor and $237M: the Transformative HBCU Gift That Wasn’t What It Seemed
Colleges See Drop in Black Student Enrollment
Once, Oregon’s Black Students Went to College at Higher Rates Than Their White Classmates. Not Anymore.
‘I Am No Stranger to Shame:’ A Letter to Encourage Black Educators
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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.
