Racial Differences in Sources of Stress for College and University Faculty
A new report from the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at the University of California at Los Angeles finds personal finances and perceived discrimination are major sources of stress for Black faculty members.
The Persisting Racial Gap in College Graduation Rates
The overall national graduation rate for Black students is 44 percent. This is 21 percentage points below the rate for White students.
Study Finds That Minority Elders Are Healthier in Ethnically Dense Communities
A study by scholars in the schools of public health at Yale and Columbia finds that Black and Hispanic seniors have lower rates of heart disease and cancer in neighborhoods with high concentrations of minorities compared to seniors in more racially mixed neighborhoods.
High Schools With Large Minority Populations Are Less Likely to Have Student Media Outlets
A study by the Center for Scholastic Journalism at Kent State University found that schools with no media outlets had an average student body where minorities made up 56 percent of the student body.
University of Illinois Chicago Study Finds Racial Disparity in Workers Compensation Settlements
The racial disparity in workers' averaged $6,000 more for non-Hispanic Whites compared to Black or Hispanic workers.
Colleges That Are Successful in Graduating Low-Income Students
At Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, 71 percent of the Pell Grant students entering college in 2005 went on to earn their degree within six years. The overall graduation rate for 2005 entering students at FAU was 43 percent.
American Cancer Society Examines Trends in Death Rates From HIV by Race and Level...
The use of antiretroviral drugs has had a significant impact on death rates for all racial and ethnic groups, with the largest decreases for Blacks and other minorities.
Report Finds Black Youth Are Exposed to More Alcohol Advertising Than Other Young Americans
A new report published by the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, finds that Black youths see more alcohol-related advertising on television and in magazines than other young Americans.
Scholars Seek to Determine Why So Few Black Men Pursue Careers in Information Technology
The Penn State researchers will interview Black men who are studying in IT disciplines to determine "the experiences that put them on their trajectory towards information technology."
A Racial Disparity in Exposure to Harmful Background TV Noise
A new scholarly study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, the University of Amsterdam, and the University of Iowa, has found that Black children in the United States are exposed to far more background television noise than other children.
Survey Finds That Black Youth Are Not Interested in STEM Careers
A survey conducted by Harris Interactive for the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia found that 61 percent of all Black high school students are not interested in pursuing a career in heath care or the sciences.
Oregon State Study Finds Communication Is Key in Preventing STDs Among Black Teens
Research at Oregon State University has found that educational and informational programs directed at Black youths can have a significant impact in preventing sexually transmitted diseases.
Duke University Study Examines African Americans’ Adherence to the DASH Diet
Researchers at Duke University have found that African Americans are less likely than Whites to adopt or adhere to a dietary program aimed at preventing and managing high blood pressure.
Study Seeks to Identify Early Warning Signs of Dementia Among African Americans
Ishan Williams, an assistant professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing, is conducting research on whether vascular problems among African Americans are leading to increased rates of cognitive impairment.
Using Hip-Hop to Attract Black Students to the Chemical Sciences
Sabrina Collins of the College of Wooster and her colleagues developed a Powerpoint presentation that uses hip-hop concepts to make chemistry more appealing to minority students.
Study Finds Babies Begin to Classify Faces by Race at an Early Age
Infants as young as three months begin to classify facial images by race and gender and show a preference for those that they see most often in their daily lives.
New Study Explores the Impact on Poor Black Women of the High Incarceration Rate...
Beth Richie, of the University of Illinois at Chicago, has written a new book focusing on the impact on women in poverty neighborhoods of high incarceration rates among Black men.
Research Finds That Blacks Are Less Likely Than Whites to Receive Special Pacemakers
For patients who experienced chronic heart failure, Blacks are less likely than Whites to be outfitted with a special pacemaker that has been shown to prolong survival rates and ease symptoms.
University Study Finds Many Blacks in Alabama Lack Access to Eye Care Practitioners
African Americans in Alabama are twice as likely as Whites to suffer from vision impairment and eye disease, particularly cataracts, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy.
Georgetown University Study Examines Racial Health Disparity in the Aftermath of Strokes
African Americans who survive an intracranial hemorrhage, a stroke caused by bleeding in the brain, are far more likely to have high blood pressure a year after their stroke than White Americans.
Money Is a Major Factor in Why Black Students Drop Out of College
A third of Black men and a quarter of Black women who dropped out of college, did so because of financial concerns.
The Impact of Affirmative Action Bans on the Graduate School Enrollments of Minorities
A study published by the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, finds that in states that have banned the consideration of race in graduate school admissions, enrollments of minority students are down 12 percent overall.
Scholarly Study Finds Signifcant Racial Bias in Criminal Sentencing
The authors found a mean incarceration rate of 51 percent for Blacks and 38 percent for Whites. But they found a significant racial gap in incarceration rates between judges that increases the racial gap by as much as 18 percentage points.
Most African American Males Lose Their HOPE Scholarships Due to a Lack of Academic...
Research by Charles Menifield found that more than 50 percent of African American male students in Tennessee lost their HOPE scholarships due to subpar academic performance.
Study Finds Black Students Who Used School Vouchers Are More Likely to Attend College
The results showed that African American students who went to private or parochial schools under the voucher program were 24 percent more likely to enroll in college.
Black Students at Less Diverse Campuses Are More Likely to Be Victims of Discrimination
A survey of more that 4,000 minority students on 31 campuses found that race-related incidents are more likely to occur on campuses where minorities make up a small percentage of the student body.
Study Shows the Importance of Race in Law School Admissions
The authors of the study concluded that "exposure to a diversity of viewpoints prepares the students to be better lawyers, making them more 'culturally competent.'"
The Snail-Like Progress of Black Faculty in Engineering
The data shows that in 2011, Blacks were only 2.5 percent of all faculty in engineering positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Black Immigrant Students in American Higher Education
Of all Black undergraduate students enrolled in American higher education, 10 percent were immigrants to this country.
University of Minnesota Study Finds Growing Racial Diversity in Suburbs
A new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota has found that racially diverse suburbs of major metropolitan areas are growing faster than predominantly White suburbs.
Black Degree Attainments in Engineering
In 2011, Blacks earned 4.2 percent of all bachelor’s degrees awarded in engineering. A decade ago in 2002, Blacks earned 5.4 percent of bachelor’s degrees in engineering.
Black Economic Mobility in the United States
A new study shows that, particularly for African Americans, there is very little economic mobility.
Study Shows Black Teens Less Likely to Be Sexually Active Than 20 Years Ago
The percentage of Black teenagers who have had sex has dropped by 22 percentage points over the past 20 years.
Stress From Racial Discrimination May Lead to Violent Behavior
A study led by a Washington University faculty member, finds that racial discrimination, more so than other stress, may produce violent behavior among young African Americans.
Rutgers University Study Finds Racial Differences in End-of-Life Planning
The data shows that two thirds of older White adults have a living will compared to just 25 percent of older Blacks.
Study Finds Minority K-12 Schools Have a Higher Percentage of Inexperienced Teachers
The data analyzed by researchers at the University of New Hampshire showed that 10.3 percent of all teachers at schools with a high percentage of minority students were beginning teachers.
