HBCUs Spend a Significant Proportion of Their Revenue on Instructional Expenses
According to a new report from the Wesley Peachtree Institute, HBCUs spend a significantly higher proportion of their revenue on instructional expenses than non-HBCUs, suggesting an urgent need to increase investments in HBCUs through the lens of their higher expenditures.
Significant Racial Disparities Found in Chronic Absenteeism Rates for New York High School Students
Nearly half of all Black high school students in New York City, and over two-thirds of Black students in all large cities throughout the state of New York were chronically absent during the 2022-2023 school year.
Black Men Remain Underrepresented in the Physician Assistant Profession
From 2012 to 2021, the number of applicants to physician assistant and associate programs grew by 64 percent. However, the share of Black male applicants to these programs remained around 2 percent over this same time period.
Nonwhite Patients Are Significantly More Likely to Have Preventative Care Insurance Claims Denied
Scholars from the University of Toronto have found nonwhite patients are nearly twice as likely as White patients to have an insurance claim denied. On average, they also pay more out-of-pocket costs when their claims are denied.
How Early Childhood Education Affects Black Children’s Future Success
Over the past fifty years, a team of researchers have tracked 104 predominately Black participants from infancy to adulthood to determine how early childhood education affects their long term outcomes. Although they received the same education, Black boys had significantly lower cognitive scores than Black girls once they reached high school and beyond.
Report Finds a 30 Percent Racial Gap in Median Appraised Home Values
According to a new report from the National Association of Real Estate Brokers, there has been some improvement in the Black-White gap in adjusted median home appraisal values over the past 10 years. However, the gap is still a staggering 30 percent.
CDC Report Documents the Effect of Racism on Youth Mental Health, Suicide Risk, and...
According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black students and other students of color who experienced racism in high school were over two times as likely to seriously consider suicide compared to those who had not experienced racism.
How Ads With Interracial Couples Affect Consumer Perceptions
A team of scholars from the University of Kentucky, the University of Illinois, and the University of Georgia have found that consumers tend to prefer ads featuring interracial couples more than ads with White couples, but less than ads featuring same-race minority couples.
Study Examines the Effect of Financial Instability on the Cognitive Health of Older Black...
In their analysis, the authors found that Black Americans, on average, had less low-cost debt during midlife than Americans from other racial groups, resulting in economic distress that may prevent them from receiving high-quality healthcare later in life.
Southern Education Foundation Reports on the State of Education for Black American Students
The report, Miles To Go: The State of Education for Black Students in America, outlines the current challenges and opportunities facing Black students in early childhood, K-12, and secondary education settings in the United States.
A Significant Increase of Students From Sub-Saharan Africa at U.S. Colleges and Universities
Among sub-Saharan African nations, Nigeria in 2023-24 sent the most students to American colleges and universities. The number of students from Nigeria was more than double the number of students from any other sub-Saharan African nation. Nigerians made up more than one third of all students from sub-Saharan Africa who studied in the United States in the 2023-24 academic year.
Huge Surge in American Students Studying Abroad in Sub-Saharan Africa
According to the latest Open Doors report from the Institute on International Education, there were 9,163 Americans studying in sub-Saharan Africa in the 2022-23 academic year, up 98.6 percent from the previous year. Nearly 39 percent of these students attended universities in the Republic of South Africa.
People With HIV Living in Historically Redlined Neighborhoods Are Less Likely to Receive Effective...
Despite the official abolition of redlining in 1968, its legacy continues to harm communities of color to this day. A new study has found an association between living in these neighborhoods and delays in HIV treatment.
How U.S. Laws and Policies Affect High School Students’ College Decisions
According to a new study from CollegeIQ, high school students from all backgrounds are most concerned about campus gun laws and local DEI policies when choosing what college to attend to. However, these concerns are particularly pronounced among Black students.
Young Black Women Are Significantly Outpacing Black Men in Educational Attainment
The race-gender gap in degree attainment among Black Americans is surging. Today, Black women are 14 percentage points more likely to hold an undergraduate degree than their male peers.
Black Americans Are Significantly Less Likely to Receive Palliative Care for Heart Failure
According to a new study led by Saint Louis University, Black patients with heart failure are 15 percent less likely to receive palliative care than their White counterparts.
Scholars From Sub-Saharan African Nations Teaching at U.S. Colleges and Universities
There were 3,213 scholars from sub-Saharan African nations teaching at U.S. colleges and universities in the 2022-22 academic year. This was up more than 44 percent after nearly a 50 percent increase in the prior year.
The Status of Black Representation in American Law School Faculty
Despite remaining far below the representation of White professors, Black law faculty are the second most represented racial group in their field.
Study Finds Steep Decline in Black First-Year Enrollment at Highly Selective Universities
Among highly selective institutions, Black first-year student enrollment dropped by a staggering 16.9 percent this year, the sharpest drop of any major racial group. This was the first admissions cycle since the Supreme Court ended the use of race-sensitive admissions at colleges and universities.
The Number of African American Doctorates Reaches an All-Time High
Some 2,725 African Americans earned doctorates from U.S. universities in 2023. This is the highest number ever recorded. African Americans earned 4.7 percent of all doctorates awarded by U.S. universities in 2023 and 7.7 percent of all doctorates awarded to U.S. citizens or permanent residents of this country.
There Are Large Racial Gaps in Doctoral Awards in Specific Disciplines
African Americans earned 7.7 percent of all doctorates earned by U.S. residents and permanent residents. But Blacks are vastly underrepresented in some disciplines. For example, Blacks earned only 1.9 percent of all doctorates awarded in the geological sciences, 1.2 percent of all mathematics doctorates, 2.5 percent of all doctorates in physics, and 1.9 percent of all doctorates in astronomy.
Ending Affirmative Action May Not Produce a More Academically Gifted Student Body
Scholars from Cornell University have found removing race data from AI applicant-ranking algorithms results in a less diverse applicant pool without meaningfully increasing the group's academic merit.
