Land Conservation Measures May Be Widening the Racial Wealth Gap
A new study by researchers at the University of Rhode Island and the University of Illinois finds that protecting open space from development increases the value of surrounding homes. But a disproportionate amount of that newly generated wealth goes to high-income White households.
New Report Examines Racial Differences in Early Signs of Dementia
An estimated 6.5 million persons aged 65 years and over in the United States live with Alzheimer's disease, the most common dementia. This number is projected to double by 2060, with African Americans projected to have among the largest increases. College education was associated with a lower prevalence of subjective cognitive decline among all racial and ethnic groups.
Racial Inequality and the Staggering Toll on Life Expectancy
A new study led by researchers at Yale University reveals a staggering disparity in life expectancy between Black Americans and their White counterparts. The results show that there were 1.63 million excess deaths in the Black population compared with White Americans in the 1999-2020 period, representing more than 80 million excess years of potential life lost.
Yale University Study Examines the Racially Disparate Impact of Tax Deed Foreclosures
The research looks at how widespread tax deed foreclosures are and what effect they have on communities. Author Cameron LaPoint found that property tax foreclosure accelerates gentrification and contributes to the racial wealth gap by forcing out nonwhite homeowners and clearing the way for high-end property development.
White Victims of Floods Prefer to Stay Rather Than Relocate to More Diverse Neighbohoods
A new study by researchers at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University in Houston finds that homeowners in mostly White communities who have suffered damage from floods prefer to accept higher risk of disaster repeating itself than relocate to areas with more racial diversity and less flood risk.
Study Examines Racial Disparity in Nursing Home Care
A new study led by Jasmine L. Travers, an assistant professor in the Rory Meyers College of Nursing at New York University, finds that residents of nursing homes where 50 percent or more of all residents were Black, had higher rates of hospitalizations and emergency room visits than nursing homes where a majority of residents were White.
Increasing the Success Rate of Black Students in STEM Disciplines
The main thesis of the study by researchers at Brown University is that efforts to get more minority students in STEM fields have been successful but far less is being done to help them succeed.
Students From Sub-Saharan African Nations at U.S. Colleges and Universities, 2021-22
During the 2021-22 academic year there were 42,518 students from sub-Saharan Africa enrolled at colleges and universities in the United States. They made up 4.5 percent of all foreign students at U.S. colleges and universities that year. This was the highest number of students from sub-Saharan Africa in history.
Sub-Saharan African Nations Sending the Most Scholars to Teach at U.S. Colleges and Universities
In the 2020-21 academic year, there were 1,483 scholars from sub-Saharan African nations teaching at U.S. colleges and universities. Due to the pandemic, this was down more than 24 percent from the previous academic year. Foreign scholars from sub-Saharan Africa made up only 1.7 percent of all foreign scholars teaching in the U.S. in the 2020-21 academic year.
Racial Disparities in Working From Home Before and After the Pandemic
In 2019, Whites were 80.5 percent of all people who worked from home. Blacks made up 7.8 percent of all home-based workers. By 2021, Whites were 66.8 percent of all home-based workers and Blacks made up 9.5 percent of this group.
Black Mothers With Advanced Degrees Have a Higher Rate of Preterm and Low-Weight Babies
The study, presented recently at the Pediatric Academic Societies in Washington, D.C., found that nearly 10 percent of Black mothers with a graduate degree had low birth-weight babies compared to 3.6 percent of White mothers with a master's or doctoral degree.
How to Maintain Racial Diversity If the Supreme Court Prohibits Race-Sensitive Admissions
A new report from the Center on Education and the Workforce in the School of Public Policy at Georgetown University finds that the racial and ethnic diversity of students at the nation's most selective colleges and universities will decrease significantly unless these colleges fundamentally alter their admissions practices.
Racial Differences in Employment Status of College Students and Recent Graduates
For people 20 to 29 years of age, Blacks made up 11 percent of all students who earned a bachelor’s degree in 2022. Some 83.6 percent of these recent African American college graduates were employed compared to 81.1 percent of Whites. But 8.7 percent of 2022 African American college graduates in this age group were unemployed, compared to 5.5 percent of White college graduates in this age group.
Five Percent of School Teachers Account for More Than a Third of Office Discipline...
The ratio of the Black-White gap in office discipline referrals was about 1.6-to-1 when considering all teachers but jumped to 3.4-to-1 when only the top 5 percent of all referring teachers were considered.
During the Early Pandemic, There Were Large Racial Gap in Rates of Death
The data shows that in 2019 before the onset of the pandemic, 351,097 African Americans died. In 2020, when the pandemic took hold, 456,491 African Americans died. This was an increase of 29.7 percent. The number of deaths for White Americans increased by 16.4 percent.
Washington University Study Examines Racial Differences in Glaucoma
A new study by researchers at Washington University sheds some light on the racial disparity of the disease glaucoma.
Black Youth’s Large Media Appetite
The study found that black and Latino youths spend one to two hours more watching television than whites and up to 90 minutes more on computers and cellphones.
Professor Gerald Early Solves a Mystery
In 2006 Gerald Early the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters and director of the Center for the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis, purchased a copy of a 1950s comic book on eBay. The title of the comic was Negro Romance. Professor Early turned for help to the producers of the PBS television show History Detectives.
Expanding the Research on Stereotype Threat
Research conducted many years ago by Claude Steele at Stanford University, and later confirmed by Professor Steele and other researchers, has shown that black students perform poorly on standardized tests because they fear mistakes will confirm negative stereotypes about their group. A new study at Stanford has shown that this "stereotype threat" can also hinder black students in learning new material.
The Princeton Review’s Survey of Race Relations on Campus
The schools that students said had a lot of interracial interaction were Loyola University of New Orleans, Stanford University, the University of Miami, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, and the University of Alabama Birmingham.
Two Atlanta HBCUs Participating in Major Robotics Research
Spelman College and Morehouse College are participating in a five-year, $18.5 million grant program to work on robotic devices that interface with the human nervous system.
High-Achieving Black High School Students Suffer More Academically From Bullying
The impact of bullying is most severe for high-achieving African-American and Latino students.
Professors at Two HBCUs Report Breakthrough in Heart Disease Prevention
The scientists report that the ingestion of the leaves of the purslane plant can have a significant impact on lowering cholesterol levels in adults.
5,000 Issues of Black Newspaper Made Available Online by Library at IUPUI
Library at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis provides online access to 5,000 issues of Indianapolis' black newspaper.
Unique Archive of Black History Now Available for Researchers
Duke and North Carolina Central universities have archived more than a century of documents from the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Study Finds That Perceptions of Race Can Be Altered by Cues of Social Status
In determining the race of a person in an image, participants were influenced by the subject's attire.
A Racial Breakdown of Financial Aid
In 1996 only 6 percent of undergraduates received merit-based grants. A decade later this percentage more than doubled.
Dispelling the Myth of the “Dumb Black Jock” in College Athletics
It is likely that the financial aid provided by an athletic scholarship is a critical factor in enabling many black student athletes to stay in school.
University Research Finds Black Teens Are Less Likely Than Their White Peers to Use...
The study examined data from more than 72,000 youth, ages 12 to 17.
Assessing Black Progress in Leadership Positions at the Universities With Major College Football Programs
In 2009 there were seven black head football coaches at the 120 FBS schools. In 2011 this number increased to 17.
Harvard Has the Highest Black Student Graduation Rate in the Ivy League
All eight Ivy League colleges have an African-American student graduation rate of 85 percent or better.
Study Finds That Income Trumps Race in Explaining Academic Achievement Gap
According to the Stanford University research, 50 years ago, just the opposite was true.
Black Progress in Graduation Rates at Flagship State Universities
Great progress is being made, but at 38 flagship state universities the racial gap in graduation rates is more than 10 percentage points.
Michigan State Study Finds Blacks Pay More Than Whites For Basic Services
Racial minorities pay more than Whites for water and sewage services.
University Study Finds That Black Children Are Diagnosed With Autism Later Than White Children
The authors state that the discrepancy is probably due to unequal access to quality healthcare and a possible reluctance of Black parents to accept a diagnosis of autism.
Stanford University Study Finds That a Shorter Walk to Water in Africa Saves Lives
A new study by researchers at Stanford University finds that African families who live closer to water supplies are significantly healthier than families who live farther away.
