Research & Studies

UNCF Report Provides Snapshot of Black Parents’ Perceptions on K-12 Education

A new report from the United Negro College Fund, "Hear Us, Believe Us: Centering African American Parent Voices in K-12 Education," has found that Black parents of children whose school has a majority of Black teachers feel more respected and report better outcomes for their children's education.

UCLA Releases the State of Black California 2024 Report

While some progress has been made in the socioeconomic outcomes for Black Californians, the rate of progress is so slow that it would take nearly 248 years to close the gap between Black and White Californians, according to a new study.by the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Poll Finds Black Americans Are More Concerned About Environmental Pollution Than White Americans

According to a new Gallup poll, 4 million Black Americans have relocated temporarily, and 2 million have relocated permanently, due to pollution concerns in the last 12 months alone.

Study Finds Scientists With African Names are Less Likely to Be Featured in News Stories

The study found scientists with African-sounding names are 15 percent less likely to be quoted by news outlets than their peers with Anglo-sounding names.

Report Uncovers Significant Gender Pay Gap Among Women of Color MBA Graduates

Earning an MBA is associated with a large increase in compensation for all populations. However, this financial boost is not enough to mitigate the gender pay gap, which widens after MBA graduation, particularly for women of color.

Report Reveals Black Students Significantly More Likely to Drop Out of Postsecondary Education

In analyzing data of postsecondary education among students who were in ninth-grade in 2009, the study found Black students were significantly less likely than their White peers to enroll in and complete all levels of postsecondary education.

Study Finds Majority of Black Women Are Unaware of the Link Between Alcohol Use and Breast Cancer

Only a quarter of all American women are aware of the link between alcohol use and breast cancer. Among this small subset, Black women were less likely than White women to be aware of the risk factor.

Report Uncovers Gender and Racial Inequities in Professional Educational Measurement Field

In both academia and professional industry settings, the field of educational measurement has disparities in racial and gender employment equity. Women of color are more likely to have lower salaries, less prestigious job titles, and experience workplace exclusion and discrimination.

Study Discovers Link Between Midlife Exposure to Racism and Risk of Dementia

Scholars at the University of Georgia, the University of Iowa, and Wake Forest University, have found an increased exposure to racial discrimination during midlife results in an increased risk for Alzheimer's disease and dementia later in life.

UCLA Study Reveals Black Americans are More Likely to Die from “Deaths of Despair” Than White Americans

Deaths among Black Americans that are related to mental-health concerns, such as drug and alcohol abuse or suicide, have tripled over the past decade. Although White Americans deaths of despair mortality rate was double that of Black Americans in 2013, African Americans are now more likely to experience a mental-health related death than their White peers.

Study Uncovers Racial Disparities in Postpartum Depression Treatment

Although there were no disparities found in the diagnosis of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder among postpartum mothers, White women were significantly more likely to receive mental health treatment than Black women and women from other racial groups.

Federal Report Uncovers Lack of Faculty Diversity and Delay in Federal Discrimination Complaint Processing

In addition to a lack of diversity in higher education faculty, the report revealed a frequent delay by the Department of Education when referring discrimination complaints to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Lingering Mistrust From Tuskegee Syphilis Study Connected to COVID-19 Vaccine Reluctance

African Americans who lived within 750 miles of Tuskegee, Alabama, were more reluctant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine than their White neighbors, as well as Black Americans from other United States regions. The authors attribute this finding to lingering mistrust of public health services as a result of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study which ran from the 1930s to 1972.

Study Finds African Americans Own a Significant Portion of Uninsured U.S. Homes

Of the approximately six million uninsured homes in America, 11 percent are owned by African Americans, resulting in roughly $206 billion in uninsured Black-owned property value.

Study Finds Link Between Black Men’s High Rate of Suicide and Early-Childhood Exposure to Racism

Upon surveying 500 rural Black men over several years, the University of Georgia study found men who reported experiencing racial discrimination as a child had more difficulty developing healthy relationships, and subsequently were more likely to experience suicidal ideation.

Research Finds Black Men Less Likely Than Black Women and White Patients to Receive Heart Transplant

A new study from the Indiana University School of Medicine has found that despite having the highest risk for heart failure, Black men on the heart transplant wait-list are less likely than White men, White women, and Black women to receive a transplant.

Despite Equal Preparedness, Black Students Less Likely Than White Peers to Enroll in AP Math Classes

By using a novel statistical measurement of academic-preparedness, researchers from New York University have discovered Black students are less likely to enroll in AP math courses than their White peers who have a similar level of academic-preparedness.

Research Finds African Americans With Strong Social Network Less Likely to Experience Cognitive Decline

A new study from scholars at Case Western Reserve University and the University of California, Irvine has found a friend-focused social network is connected to higher cognitive ability in older Black Americans.

Study Links Historic Racial Discrimination in Property Ownership to Increased Heat Exposure

The authors write, "Extreme heat exposure during heat waves can be life threatening, and here we show that the policies of the past like racial covenants, in addition to redlining, shape whose lives are threatened by dangerous heat and who is protected from this health impact."

Report Finds Strong Aptitude But Low Interest for STEM Careers Among Black Students

Educational technology company, YouScience, in partnership with the nonprofit organization, Black Girls Do STEM, have released a report that found despite Black students showing a strong aptitude for STEM fields, they have little interest in pursuing a career in STEM.
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