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DEI Can Die (or Not), but Let’s Have Something Consistently Dedicated to Black People

Kenneth Hawkins asserts that diversity, equity and inclusion efforts haven't contributed enough to support Black students over the years.

How Elite Colleges and Universities Responded to the Ban on Race-Sensitive Admissions

After the Supreme Court ruling, colleges and universities that value racial diversity in their enrollments had to scramble to devise ways to bring more Blacks to campus. JBHE asked enrollment management officials at high-ranking colleges and universities to share their efforts.

Some HBCUs May Also Have to Face the Issue of Legacy Admissions

Howard, Morehouse, Spelman, and North Carolina A&T and a number of other HBCUs - employ legacy admissions, and defend them as not being the same as those at the elite and selective predominately White institutions.

Spelman College – Empowering Women Toward More Civic Engagement

Community engagement enables Spelman College students the opportunity to understand and appreciate the responsibilities they have to society more fully.

Six African Americans Among the 32 Rhodes Scholars From the United States

Recently, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 American winners of Rhodes Scholarships for graduate study at Oxford University in England. Typically the Rhodes Trust does not reveal the race or ethnicity of scholarship winners. Of this year’s 32 Rhodes Scholars from the United States, it appears that six are African Americans.

Sophia Bethena Jones: Canada’s First Black Woman to Earn a Medical Degree

Sophia B. Jones was accepted as an undergraduate at the University of Toronto in 1879. However, she was not admitted to the medical school, doubly damned by being both a woman and Black. She went on to earn a medical degree at the University of Michigan.

Managing Cultural Audacity in the HBCU Environment

Tuskegee University provost Keith Hargrove argues that ultimately, accountability and responsibility are things that everyone in the HBCU community must share.

How the Demise of Affirmative Action Will Impact HBCUs

Al-Tony Gilmore examines the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of the use of race-conscious admission policies at colleges and universities and how HBCUs are uniquely positioned to serve those disadvantaged.

The Arduous Quest of African American Women CEOs in the Academy: The GOATS

Dr. Algeania W. Freeman traces the ascendancy of African American women to the highest posts in academia, from early pioneers to the new president of Harvard University.

Striking a Balance: Preserving the Essence and Embracing Diversity at HBCUs

As their demographics evolve, it is crucial for HBCUs to strike a balance between increasing diversity and preserving their unique culture and purpose. Analysis by Mashref Hoque

The Widening Divide: HBCUs and the 2023 NFL Draft

Dr. Al-Tony Gilmore explores the scarcity of NFL draft prospects emerging from HBCU football programs, asserting that HBCUs possess the ability and should thrive independently of the league's validation.

We Must Protect This House: Guarding Black Women College Athletes 

Authors Jewel Clark and Rachel Wilson Patterson examine the double standard applied to Black and White athletes and the need to affirm, uplift and celebrate Black women athletes.

Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Liberal Arts Colleges

For the first time in the 30-year history of the JBHE surveys, a college has enrolled a first-year class that is more than one-fifth Black. There are 96 Black students in this year's entering class at Amherst College. They make up 20.6 percent of the total.

Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Research Universities

The progress of the Ivy League schools over the past decade in admitting Black students has been impressive. In 2006, Columbia University had the highest percentage of Black first-year students at 9.6 percent. This year, all eight Ivy League schools have entering classes that are 12 percent Black or higher.

Traveling While Black: The HBCU Sports and Student Experience – In the Rear View Mirror of Historical Context

Dr. Al-Tony Gilmore discusses recent controversial police stops of buses carrying HBCU students.

African Americans and Rhodes Scholarships

Typically the Rhodes Trust does not reveal the race or ethnicity of scholarship winners. Of this year's 32 Rhodes Scholars from the United States, it appears that four are African Americans.

Effective Coping Methods for Black Educators and Students Exposed to Trauma

A physician and a medical student reflect on the current climate of our nation during the continued murders of unarmed African Americans and methods educators and medical students can use to cope with these traumatic experiences to remain effective in their professional responsibilities and development.

Emerging Paradigms for HBCU Leadership: Reflections of a New Provost

S. Keith Hargrove reflects on his new role as provost at Tuskegee University, how the past two years have reshaped the landscape for HBCUs and the transition educational leaders must undertake to meet the moment.

Thomas Jinnings: The First Black Student at Harvard?

Who was the first African American student at Harvard? This question is not as easy to answer as one might think – and, with the recent discovery of a name buried in an 1841 Harvard catalogue, a new possible answer has come to light.

Why I Am “Critical” of Critical Theory

Bakari K. Lumumba, a doctoral candidate at Ohio University's Patton College of Education's Higher Education Student Affairs program, examines Critical Theory and its unwillingness to center the work of scholars and theorists outside the Western / European sphere of influence.
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