New UNCF Report Finds That HBCUs Stlll Need Additional Funding Support
A new report from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) finds that despite the influx from the past two years of federal government funding and private donations to the nation's historically Black colleges and universities, it has not been enough to make up for decades of neglect.
Racial Differences in Attrition Rates at Medical Schools in the United States
The study found that students who were from an underrepresented racial or ethnic group, and also from a low-income family who lived in an underresourced neighborhood had a dropout rate that was nearly four times the rate of White students who were not from a low-income family and did not live in an underresourced neighborhood.
Report Examines Racial Differences in Homicide Victimization in the United States
A new report from the Violence Policy Center finds that although African Americans make up 14 percent of the U.S. population, they made up 52 percent of all homicide victims in 2019. The four states with the highest Black homicide rates were Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
McKinsey & Company Study Finds Snail-Like Progress in Higher Education Diversity
The company's analysis finds that with current rates of change it would take about 70 years for all not-for-profit institutions to reflect underrepresented students fully in their incoming student population. For faculty, it would take more than 1,000 years at the current pace to reach parity for all not-for-profit institutions.
University of Pittsburgh Study Detected an Increase in Online Racism Directed at Black Youth
A new study by scholars at the University of Pittsburgh found half of all Black adolescents were faced with online racism at least once in 2020. These increases in online racial discrimination predicted worse same- and next-day mental health.
How State Lotteries Prey on Low-Income African Americans
An investigation of state lotteries by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland found that high school dropouts spent four times more per year on the lottery than college graduates. Black people spent, on average, nearly five times as much as White people.
New GAO Report Finds Widespread Racial Segregation in the Nation’s Public Schools
The Government Accountability Office study found that 23 percent of all Black students attended schools where 75 percent or more of the student body was Black. But 45 percent of all White students attended schools where at least 75 percent of the student body was White.
The Scourge of Inflation Hits Black Families at an Even Higher Rate
New research from the University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy finds that Black families experience slightly higher inflation and 13 percent more volatile inflation, which impacts prices on groceries and other household essentials.
New Study Provides Evidence on the Effect of Race on Criminal Sentencing
The authors found that "respondents who view persistent racial inequalities as the product of both past and ongoing institutional factors prescribed lengthier sentences for White defendants; those who discount these explanations prescribed lengthier sentences for Black defendants.
Young White Adults Increasingly Believe That Anti-Black Racism Is a Thing of the Past
A new study led by Tony Brown, a professor of sociology at Rice University in Houston, Texas, finds a rise in racial apathy — in other words, not caring about racial inequality — among young White adults.
How the Pandemic Impacted Black Enrollments in California Community Colleges
A new study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz which is a working paper of Stanford University's Institute for Economic Policy Research, finds that although all racial and ethnic groups experienced large decreases in enrollment during the pandemic, Black students experienced the largest effects.
University of Maryland Study Finds Wide Political Divide on Views of Racial Discrmination
The study found that less than half of all American believe that there is more discrimination direct against African Americans than was the case five years ago. Some 40 percent of all respondents stated that they believed there was more discrimination directed against Whites than was the case five years ago
How Educational Attainment Impacted COVID-19 Mortality Rates Among African Americans
The research team found 68 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the first year of the pandemic were low socioeconomic positions adults (those with no education beyond high school) employed in labor, service, and retail jobs that required on-site attendance and prolonged close contact with others.
Does Racial Segregation in Schools Contribute to Disparities in Heart Health?
A new study finds that the racial segregation of schools may impact cardiovascular health later in life. The research team notes that school segregation may increase stress, constrain socioeconomic opportunities, and negatively alter health behaviors.
Academic Study Finds Blacks Have Less Access to Quality Care for Strokes
Residents in predominantly Black communities are more likely than those in predominantly White communities to live near a hospital with a certified stroke center. However, a new study shows that when residents in these Black communities have a stroke, they are at greater risk of receiving care at a less-resourced hospital.
Department of Education’s Latest Data on Campus Hate Crimes
In 2019, of the more than 27,000 criminal incidents that occurred on the campuses of postsecondary institutions and were reported to police or security agencies, 757 incidents were classified as hate crimes. Of these, 400 were motivated by race or ethnicity.
Academic Study Finds Significant Racial Bias in Artificial Intelligence Programs
The research, led by Johns Hopkins University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and University of Washington researchers, is believed to be the first to show that robots loaded with an accepted and widely-used model, operate with significant gender and racial biases.
Boston University Study Finds Shortcomings in Federal Data Collection on Race
The Boston University report, “Toward Evidence-Based Antiracist Policymaking: Problems and Proposals for Better Racial Data Collection and Reporting,” emphasizes the need for a robust and standardized system of racial data collection, reporting, and monitoring.
Are School Choice Programs Compatible With the Goal of Racial Integration?
School choice programs are often touted as a means to address systemic inequities in schools, but they largely operate as unregulated “open enrollment” programs. Without regulation, and without an explicit focus on the goal of better-integrated school environments, segregation becomes more pronounced.
HBCUs Provide Other Universities With a Roadmap for Success for Black STEM Students
The HBCU practices that lead to success include establishing a safe and nurturing environment, creating a scientific identity, and instilling self-worth in students.
Blacks Make Up a Small Percentage of MD/Ph.D. Student Matriculants
The researchers found that between 2009 and 2018, the percentage of underrepresented minority matriculants went from 9.8 percent in 2009 to 16.7 percent in 2018. But the majority of that change was led by Latinx/Hispanic populations, with Black and Native American populations experiencing lower increases.
Many African American Families Are Struggling to Pay Back Parent PLUS Loans
In the month they were surveyed, 37 percent of Black parent-borrowers said they expected to be unable to make a partial payment on their student loan bills, compared to 20 percent for all other groups.
Tracking the Gender Gap in Enrollments at HBCUs
For the fall of 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic greatly impacted enrollments in higher education, women were 64.3 percent of all students at HBCUs, compared to 62.7 percent in 2019, before the pandemic took hold.
Like Other Problems, the Baby Formula Shortage Has a Greater Negative Impact on Blacks
The percentage of White babies who receive all their food from breast milk during their first four months of life is double the percentage for African American babies. This fact alone shows that African American mothers are more dependent on the availability of formula.
Purdue University Study Examines Barriers to Gifted Education for Black Students
Black students' opportunity to access gifted education programs is severely limited because they go to schools that do not offer gifted education programs. In addition, the study found that in schools that offer gifted education, many Black students are overlooked.
Student and Faculty Diversity Reduces the Black-White College Graduation Rate Gap
A study led by Nicholas A. Bowman, Mary Louise Petersen Chair in Higher Education at the University of Iowa, finds that college graduation gaps between Black and White students tend to shrink when there are more students of color or faculty of color on campus.
Racial/Gender Differences in Qualifications for Appointment to the Federal Bench
A new study by scholars at the University of Louisville, Yale University, and Oregon State University finds that women of color appointed to the federal judiciary typically have a greater depth of professional experiences and are more likely to have previously served as a judge than their White male counterparts.
The Devastating Effects of the Pandemic on Black Enrollments in Higher Education
This spring there were 4.2 percent more first-year students enrolled in American higher education than a year ago. But for Blacks, first-year enrollments are down 6 percent this spring compared to a year ago. This comes on top of a 13 percent decline from 2020 to 2021.
California Scholars Have Developed a School Segregation Index
The Segregation Index, developed by researchers at the University of Southern California and the Stanford Graduate School of Education shows that White-Black segregation between schools within large school districts increased 35 percent over the past 30 years.
Arizona State University Study Finds Black Girls Are Often Teased and Bullied About Their...
The prevalence of verbal teasing or bullying was dwarfed by touching Black girls’ hair without permission. Touching of hair without permission was reported by 78 percent of 10-year-olds, 50 percent of 11-year-olds, 81 percent of 12-year-olds, 65 percent of 13-year-olds and 70 percent of 14-year-olds.
Study Finds a Large Racial Gap Among Young Adults Who Have a Good Job
A new study by researchers at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce finds that it takes Black/African American workers until their mid-30s to have roughly the same chances of having a good job as White workers have by their mid-20s.
How Affirmative Action Admission Bans Impacted Health Disparities During the Pandemic
In the year before the bans were implemented in eight states, underrepresented students made up an average of 14.8 percent of the total enrollment of those states’ public medical schools. By five years later, enrollment of underrepresented students at those schools had fallen by 37 percent.
Report Finds That Remote Learning During the Pandemic May Widen Racial Gaps in Achievement
A new report finds that high-poverty schools both spent more weeks in remote instruction during the early pandemic and suffered large losses in achievement when they did so. Districts that remained largely in-person, however, lost relatively little ground.
New Study From The Century Foundation Shows the Cities With the Most Racially Segregated...
The Century Foundation study finds that the de facto separation of students by race continues to be commonplace. As of the 2018–19 school year, one in six public school students attended schools where over 90 percent of their peers had their same racial background.
How Racial Disparities in Income and Wealth Impact Educational Attainment in the United States
A new study finds that the United States is falling behind many countries in the developed world in terms of higher education attainment. Much of the decline in educational attainment is attributed to unequal income and wealth which limits the ability of Blacks and other underrepresented groups to afford a college education.
Firearm Homicide Rates for Blacks Spiked During the Early Stages of the Pandemic
A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that from 2019 to 2020, the overall firearm homicide rate increased 34.6 percent, from 4.6 to 6.1 per 100,000 persons. For African Americans, the firearm homicide rate increased from 19.0 to 26.6 per 100,000 people.
