Research & Studies

Census Data Shows Need for Further Efforts to Attract Blacks Into STEM Fields

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that while while Blacks are 10.8 percent of all employed workers, they make up only 6.4 percent of all employees in STEM occupations. Blacks make up an even smaller percentage of all workers in specific STEM jobs.

University Survey Examines Poverty in Africa

The Afrobarometer was co-founded by Michael Bratton, a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University. Nearly half of all African respondents this year said that they go without food, medicine, or drinking water at least occasionally.

Cornell Report Analyzes Student Views on Diversity

The report found that "students who identify with historically less-represented groups are more actively involved in diversity-related behaviors and have more negative perceptions of the climate for diversity."

University Study Finds Racial Minorities Are Not in the Inner-Circle of Corporate Directors

The study by researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of Texas San Antonio finds that racial minorities make up 28 percent of the corporate directors who serve on a single board but are only 8 percent of the corporate directors who serve on more than one board.

Strategies to Help Young Black Men Succeed in Education

A new study led by Dr. Shaun Harper of the Center for the Study of Race and Equity at the University of Pennsylvania, shows that there are programs and strategies that can help young Black men succeed in high school and beyond.

University of Central Florida Scholar Examines Racial Disparities in Nursing Home Care

Latarsha Chisholm, an assistant professor of health management and informatics, is the lead author of a study that found that nursing homes with large percentages of Black residents tended to deliver inferior care and were worse off financially.

MIT Scholar Examines Colleges’ Ties to Slavery

Craig S. Wilder, a professor of history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is the author of a fascinating new book that details the relationships of American colleges and universities with the institution of slavery.

Virginia Commonwealth University Research Finds New Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease

The new treatment, now scheduled for clinical trials, was developed by scientists at the Institute for Structural Biology and Drug Discovery, a joint effort of the School of Medicine and the School of Pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University.

University of Rochester Study Finds Racial Bias Is Strongest in the Cotton Belt

The study found that White southerners who live in the Cotton Belt of the Deep South where slavery was most entrenched continue to hold stronger negative attitudes toward African Americans than Whites in other parts of the South.

Research Discovers a Brain Drain of Physicians From Sub-Saharan Africa

In conducting research for his doctoral dissertation at Vanderbilt University, Akhenaten Tankwanchi found that the number of physicians practicing in the United States who had immigrated from sub-Saharan African had increased 40 percent over the past decade.

Racial Differences in Anticipated Debt for Medical School Students

The survey found that 77 percent of Black students anticipated accumulating at least $150,000 in debt during their medical training. For all medical school students, 62.1 percent anticipated debt of $150,000 or more.

Major Research Project to Study Genetic Link to Disease Susceptibility Among Minorities

The research teams are located at the University of Southern California, Rutgers University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.

NIH-Sponsored Study Shows the Value of Mentoring for Science Faculty at HBCUs

The study found that mentoring program for science faculty at these institutions resulted in an increase in the number of published articles in peer-reviewed journals, an increase in grants won, and an increase in professional and career activities.

North Dakota State University Study Examines Racial Profiling

A content analysis of newspaper articles revealed the frequency and context of the reporting of racial profiling, the extent to which it is presented as a problem for all racial minority groups as opposed to a select few.

Harvard Study Finds African Americans Sleep Less Than Whites

A new study led by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health finds that African Americans tend to sleep less than White Americans. The racial differences in sleep duration are particularly pronounced among professionals.

Survey Documents the State of Black Studies at U.S. Colleges and Universities

A survey of 1,777 colleges and universities found that 76 percent of these institutions had Black studies programs to some degree. Some 20 percent of responding institutions had formal academic units, either departments or programs, dedicated to African American studies.

Princeton University Study Finds That Poverty Impedes Cognitive Functions

A study led by researchers at Princeton University finds that poverty and its related stresses puts such a burden on people's mental state that they have less brainpower to deal with other aspects of life.

University Study Finds Constructive Criticism, Not Undeserved Praise, Is More Helpful to Black Students

A new study led by Davis S. Yeager, an assistant professor of developmental psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, finds that praising African American students for mediocre work in an effort to boost self-esteem can actually have just the opposite effect.

Stanford Study Finds That Sharing Cultural Experiences Can Reduce Intergroup Prejudice

Psychologists at Stanford University state that their findings could help policymakers, employers, school administrators and others interested in creating a more positive climate for people from diverse backgrounds.

Study Led by Duke Cardiologist Finds Racial Gap in Hospitalizations Following Heart Failure

After accounting for differences between patients relating to their health at the start of the study, researchers found that for patients who survived heart failure, Blacks were 58 percent more likely than Whites to be hospitalized for complications.
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