Research & Studies

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.

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.

University Research Finds Black Teens Are Less Likely Than Their White Peers to Use Drugs or Alcohol

The study examined data from more than 72,000 youth, ages 12 to 17.

Scholar Examines Attitudes of African Immigrants on Sex and HIV/AIDS

Matthew Asare recently competed his doctorate at the University of Cincinnati and is a visiting professor at Northern Kentucky University.

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 Study Finds Wealth Plays a Role in the Racial Marriage Gap

As much as 30 percent of the marriage rate gap between blacks and whites can be explains by racial differences in wealth.

New Vaccine Gives Hope to Efforts to Combat Malaria in African Children

Early results show that children who are given the vaccine are far less likely to get malaria.

The Racial Gap in College Student Graduation Rates

For black students who matriculated in the fall of 2004, only 43 percent earned their degree within six years.

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.

Brown University Study Finds Racial Disparity in Flu Shots for Nursing Home Patients

Black patients were more likely than white patients to refuse vaccinations.

Where African Americans With Scientific Doctorates Find Work

Blacks with scientific doctorates are more likely than similarly educated whites to work in academia while whites are more likely than blacks to work in the corporate world.

Retention, Not Recruitment, Is the Major Problem in Efforts to Have More Minority Teachers

Black and other minority teachers are more likely to leave the profession than other teachers.

Measuring the Educational Impact of Living in a High Poverty Area

Growing up in a low-income neighborhood has a devastating impact of the life prospects of young blacks.

The Racial Component of School Security Measures

Metal detectors are found in schools with large percentages of minority students and not necessarily in schools with high crime rates.

Temple University Scientist Seeks to Explain Why Blacks Are More Likely to Suffer From Hypertension

Research finds that a difference in the way cells in African Americans respond to inflammation may explain the greater incidence of hypertension in the black population.

Black Community College Students Perform Better Academically When They Have Black Instructors

The study examined the academic performance of 30,000 community college students.

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.

Study Finds That the Civil Rights Era Is Ignored in Public School History Classes

A study by the Southern Poverty Law Center finds that 35 states receive a grade of F in teaching students about the civil rights movement.

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.

Northwestern University Study Finds Vitamin D Deficiency in Black Men

African American men are 3.5 times as likely as white men to have vitamin D deficiency.
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