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Five Blacks Among the Latest Cohort of 32 Rhodes Scholars From the United States

Including this year’s cohort, since 1902, 3,706 Americans have won Rhodes Scholarships. Before 1963, only one African American had been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. In both 2017 and 2020, there were 10 African American Rhodes Scholars, the most in any one year.

MacKenzie Scott’s Donations to HBCUs: The “Haves” and the “Have Nots”

Historian Edmond W. Davis notes that “no single donor in American history — not Rockefeller, Carnegie, Mellon, Vanderbilt, Morgan, Buffett, Musk, nor Gates — has ever invested more directly and broadly into Black higher education than MacKenzie Scott.” But some HBCUs that need money the most are not sharing in the bounty.

Black Coaches in Pursuit of the NCAA Football Championship: One More Bridge to Cross in Collegiate Sports

While Black athletes make up nearly half of all NCAA Division I football players, there are currently only 16 Black head coaches at NCAA Division I schools, representing just 12.3 percent of the head coaches at the 130 member institutions. A Black coach has never won the NCAA Division I college football championship.

Thinking Beyond the Bars

How higher education helped a prison inmate develop confidence and rediscover his humanity.

Why HBCUs Must Keep Education First Amid a New Era of Commercialized College Sports

HBCUs have always done more with less. Now, they must do more for their students, not because of market demands, but in defiance of them.

Top-Tier Research at HBCUs Beyond 2025

The data provides evidence that years of engagement and investment has produced a robust HBCU R&D enterprise on pace to deliver a fleet of top-tier research institutions. But, current uncertainty about federal funding of R&D could slow this pace dramatically.

How Nonprofit Education Service Providers Support Black College Students

Umoja Community Education Foundation's Dr. Vernon Lindsay and Dr. Ahmed Naguib reflect on their work and those of other nonprofit organizations in supporting Black students.

HBCUs Get No Respect From College Ranking Organizations

Neither the U.S. News & World Report or the Forbes rankings have been fair to HBCUs because their definition of what constitutes a quality education rewards reputations and traditions built on wealth and exclusivity.

Slavery and Artificial Intelligence: Both Enemies of the U.S. Worker?

If we allow AI to grow and expand in influence, without regulation, it will only lead to an AI-based economy with workers losing their jobs to robots.

On the Edge of Legacy: Reflections From a Tougaloo Daughter

"Tougaloo is not simply a school I once attended. It is a place I still study, still love, and still believe in. We are at the edge again. But edges are not only places of fracture. They are also places of possibility."

Three Black Scholars With Academic Ties Receive Whiting Writers’ Awards

Since 1985, the Whiting Foundation has supported creative writing through the Whiting Writers’ Awards. Three of this year's winners are Black scholars with current academic affiliations at American institutions of higher education.

Intra-Racial Dynamics at HBCUs: Embracing the Cultural Diversity of Black Immigrant Students

For HBCUs to remain the vanguard of racial equity in higher education, they must move from symbolic gestures to substantive engagement with the full spectrum of Black identity. This isn’t a departure from their historic mission—it’s an expansion of it.

Overcoming Strategies of Marginalization Against Scholars of Color in Predominately White Academic Institutions

Dr. André Seewood recounts the challenges scholars of color experience in predominantly white academic settings and the perseverance required to prosper.

How to Teach About Race in a Global Context

My students start the course with little capacity to manage the intense emotions they feel during conversations about race and identity. As a result, they get protected from the intrusion of violence into their intimacy but they also prevent themselves from having a real discussion.

A Strategy for Integrating Artificial Intelligence at Historically Black Colleges & Universities

For faculty in higher education, creating a generative AI policy for usage in completing assignments is creating somewhat of a confrontation of ethics and substitutional learning.

Forging Success for Black Men at Community Colleges

As we consider the future of higher education, investing in programs that support men of color at community colleges isn't just beneficial – it's vital.

Eleven Black Scholars Have Been Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

The National Academy of Medicine has announced the election of 90 regular members and 10 international members. Of the new members from the United States, it appears that 11 are Black. Nine of the 11 have current ties to the academic world. Nine of the new Black members are women.

Seven Black Academics Are Among This Year’s “Genius Award” Winners

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation recently announced the 22 latest recipients in its fellowship program, commonly referred to as “genius grants.” MacArthur fellows receive a grant of $800,000 over five years to spend however they want on their academic or creative endeavors. Seven of the 22 winners are Black scholars with ties to the academic world.

Leadership Support for the Mental Health of Black Male Student Athletes

As a society, we celebrate the success of the most popular Black male student-athletes. Their success deserves our attention. Similarly, the Black male student-athletes who are not successful need our full attention as well.

Are HBCUs Taken Seriously?

In the The American Sociological Review there were 461 academic articles with 967 authors over the 2012 to 2022 period. Of those authors only one was from an HBCU. The American Journal of Sociology had 361 academic articles with 674 authors published. No scholars at HBCUs were among the authors.
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