Research & Studies

A new study from New York University has found Black, Latinx, multiracial, and Indigenous adults aged 18 to 29 are 60 percent more likely than their White peers to experience psychosis. The study authors found evidence this could be because of experiences with discrimination and police violence.

More than one in five Black and Hispanic women report experiencing some form of intimate partner violence within the past five years. Nearly half of Black women who have experienced recent IPV have been physically injured by a current or ex-partner.

According to new research presented at the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology conference, Black and Latinx patients with prostate cancer are significantly less likely than White patients to have had a novel imaging technique that has been associated with improved diagnosis and treatment capabilities.

Across all major racial groups, Black students experienced the largest growth in both undergraduate and graduate enrollment, increasing by 10.3 percent and 8.7 percent, respectively, since spring 2024. Additionally, Black student enrollment in higher education has now surpassed pre-pandemic levels.

A new study has analyzed data on emergency department visits for American children between 1997 to 2019, finding Black children had the highest rates of emergency room visits across the entire study period.

In 2022, Black Americans owned some 4.4 million nonemployer businesses in the United States, equating to 14.9 percent of all American businesses without paid employees.

Earlier this year, the National Institutes of Health terminated hundreds of grants across its institutions and centers. The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities was particularly affected, experiencing the greatest proportion of terminated funding relative to previously active funding across all NIH institutes and centers.

Almost three-quarters of all Americans think Black people in the United States face at least some discrimination. However, this sentiment varies widely by political party, with 54 percent of Republicans and 94 percent of Democrats holding this viewpoint.

Overall, assistant professors of medicine from racial backgrounds underrepresented in the field (non-White and non-Asian), earn $0.93 for every $1 earned by their White peers. Pay disparities are even more pronounced for underrepresented women, who earn just $0.78 for every $1 earned by their White male counterparts.

Authored by Frank Harris III, professor of postsecondary education at San Diego State University, and Tina King, president of the San Diego College of Continuing Education, the report draws on data from several prior studies to shed light on how institutions and policymakers can ensure "all Black students can go to college and succeed without sacrificing or leaving their cultural assets behind."

Today, over three-quarters of Black adults express support for the Black Lives Matter movement, compared to 61 percent of Hispanic and Asian adults and just 45 percent of White adults.

Although products containing formaldehyde have been banned in several countries and some U.S. states, many personal care items used by Black and Latina women contain the chemical.

JBHE has compiled Black student graduation rates at the nation's 30 highest-ranked universities. At 29 of the 30 universities, the Black student graduation rate is 85 percent or higher. Nineteen have Black student graduation rates of 90 percent or higher.

The Payne Research Center at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund has conducted a survey with HBCU students to gauge their financial challenges and aspirations in an effort to develop initiatives aimed at improving their financial well-being and ability to build generational wealth.

Breast cancer deaths among Black women aged 20-49 dropped from 16.54 deaths per 100,000 women in 2010 to just 3.41 deaths per 100,000 women in 2020. However, Black women's breast cancer mortality remains notably higher than that of White women, whose morality rate in 2020 was only 1.16 deaths per 100,000 women.

JBHE has compiled a list of the graduation rates at the nation's 25 largest HBCUs by total enrollments to see how students at these schools succeed in earning a degree. Only four of the 25 HBCUs graduated at least half of their entering students within six years. The low graduation rates at many of these HBCUs is undoubtedly impacted by a long history of underfunding at these institutions.

After the onset of the Black Lives Matter movement in the summer of 2020, there was a rapid drop in White Americans' racial biases towards Black Americans. However, this drop was short-lived. By the end of 2020, implicit and explicit biases held by White Americans increased to nearly pre-BLM levels.

Dr. Robert Taylor, professor of social work at the University of Michigan, has recently published a study regarding the patterns of friendships and support networks for African Americans. Unmarried Black adults are more likely to have stronger friend networks than those who are married.

People who hold strong racial biases against Black men and women's intelligence are more likely to dismiss a genius Black TV or movie character as unrealistic, even when the character is based on a real-life individual.

"There are many barriers that limit the likelihood that lower-income students will be academically qualified to enroll in these highly selective colleges," writes the author. "But those who can succeed in that environment deserve the opportunity to ascend the economic ladder."