Research & Studies

Overall, 46 percent of U.S. adults support measuring race in federal research, while 33 percent oppose it. Asian and White adults are more likely to support the federal government collecting race-related data, while Black and Hispanic adults are more likely to oppose it.

A team of scholars from Brown University and Harvard University has found premature deaths - those occurring before age 65 - have steadily increased in the United States in recent years, particularly among Black Americans.

In 1984, the Victims of Crime Act established victim compensation programs to support victims and families of violent crime. Although Black families are more likely to file victim compensation claims, they are less likely to have their claims approved than White families.

Many Ivy League institutions, major research universities, and highly-selective liberal arts colleges across the United States have experienced sharp declines in Black first-year student enrollments since the Supreme Court's 2023 decision to end affirmative action.

According to a new study from scholars at the University of Illinois, highly-visible public universities in states that have adopted performance-based funding policies have experienced declines in their Black undergraduate enrollment.

According to a new economics study, second-generation Black immigrant women have achieved earnings that are higher than or equal to White American women in recent years. Second-generation Black men achieved similar progress, particularly among workers at the top 10 percent of income distribution.

Between 2011-2012 and 2021-2022, federal funding for the Pell Grant program decreased by some $10 billion. Over the same time period, there was a decrease of more than 487,000 Black students at U.S. colleges and universities, with the steepest declines occurring in southern states.

In an analysis of 11 years of data on New York City Public Schools, researchers found high levels of teacher turnover led to increased likelihood for office disciplinary referrals and suspensions for all students. Black students were the most likely group to receive disciplinary action when their teachers left mid-year.

According to a new study led by Brendesha Tynes of the University of Southern California, Black adolescents average six race-related online experiences per day, with 3.2 considered online racism. Those who do encounter online racism are more likely to experience next-day anxiety and depression.

The share of students living in predominantly Black school districts who are attending non-traditional public schools, such as homeschooling options or private schools, is far outpacing that of students in predominantly Hispanic and predominantly White districts. This raises concerns for Black districts' funding opportunities, as many state and federal aid is granted on a per-pupil basis.

According to a new report from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, Black PAs are less than four percent of all PAs working in primary care. Only three out of the top 25 PA specialties have a PA workforce that is at least 5 percent Black.

According to the authors, California has two racially identifiable advantaged groups, White and Asian students, who are less likely to be enrolled in schools of concentrated poverty than their Black, Latinx, and American Indian peers.

Due to the 2023 Supreme Court ruling banning the consideration of race in college admission decisions, the huge racial gap in scores on the SAT test will undoubtedly contribute to smaller numbers of Black students at the nation's most selective colleges and universities.

Even when they report feeling supported at school, Black boys from low-income communities still report higher levels of depression than their peers, according to a new study from Adrian Gale of Rutgers University.

According to a nationally representative analysis of women experiencing infertility between 2013 and 2020, there are major racial disparities in birth outcomes following treatment, with just 3 percent of Black women experiencing a successful live birth after receiving fertility treatment, compared to 17 percent of Asian women and 13 percent of White women.

In 2022 poverty rate rate was the lowest on record for Black Americans at 17.1 percent. In 2023, the poverty rate for African Americans rose to 17.9 percent. In 2024, 18.4 percent of Black Americans were poor.

From fiscal year 2018 to fiscal year 2022, federal research funding to HBCUs increased from 0.9 percent to 1.5 percent of the total federal research funding granted to colleges and universities. Funding increased the most from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Science Foundation.

“My mathematical findings show that even if we hypothetically lived in a seemingly utopian world where everyone was starting off on equal footing and there were colorblind policies, minorities would still face disadvantages in social and economic opportunities over time because of social network dynamics arising from their group size being smaller,” said Chika Okafor of Northwestern University.

In 2024, the median Black household income was 60.5 percent of the median income of non-Hispanic White families. In 2023, the income gap was 63.4 percent. In 2022, the figure was 65.2 percent.

Using brain-imaging technology, a team of researchers led by Columbia University has found that in split-second decisions, racial stereotypes can prompt people to mistake everyday objects as weapons.