Research & Studies

A Snapshot of African American Enrollments in Higher Education in the Fall of 2017

There were 20,135,159 students enrolled at Title IV institutions in the fall of 2017. Of these, there were 2,489,088 African Americans in this group. They made up 12.4 percent of the total enrollments. Blacks were 11.4 percent of the total enrollments in graduate programs.

University Study Finds Diet Is the Major Reason for High Blood Pressure Among African Americans

A recent study led by scholars at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has found that diet is the predominant factor explaining why African-Americans are more likely to develop higher blood pressure than their White counterparts.

Black Job Seekers May Be More Likely to Receive Lower Salaries as a Result of Negotiation Bias

A recent study led by a scholar at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia has found that African-American job candidates are more likely to receive lower starting salaries when evaluators believe they have been too aggressive in hiring negotiations.

University Study Finds Children as Young as Seven Suffer from the Impacts of Discrimination

Scholars at the University of California, Riverside have found that children as young as seven are sensitive to and suffer from the impacts of discrimination. The study also suggests that a strong sense of ethnic-racial identity is a significant buffer against these negative effects.

Less-Educated Black Women May Face Greater Risk of Chronic Diseases Due to Discrimination

A new study from the University of California, Berkeley has found that less-educated African-American women who report experiencing high levels of racial discrimination may face greater risk of developing chronic diseases.

Most Americans Underestimate the Environmental Concerns of Blacks and Other Ethnic Groups

A new study by researchers at several leading colleges and universities has found that most Americans underestimate just how concerned African Americans and lower-income people are about environmental threats.

Why Black Girls Experience Harsher School Punishments Than Their White Peers

Participants in a Georgetown University survey viewed Black girls as more adult than White girls. In particular, they viewed Black girls as needing less protection and nurturing and more knowledgable about adult and sexual topics than their White peers.

Fordham University Study Analyzes Barriers Students of Color Experience in STEM Education

The research team has conducted one-on-one interviews with students who have had both positive and negative experiences with STEM. So far, the researchers have found that teachers' behaviors towards their students greatly affects their performance.

Cornell University Research Shows Racial Bias Occurs on Dating Apps

According to the researchers, Black men and women are 10 times more likely to message White people than White people are to message Black people. Additionally, they also found that men who used these dating apps heavily viewed multiculturalism less favorably, and sexual racism as more acceptable.

Examining the Data on Black Enrollments in U.S. Graduate Schools

In 2017, there were 188,838 Black students enrolled in graduate schools in the United States. They made up 12.6 percent of all enrollments. There were 56,765 Black men and 130,006 Black women enrolled in graduate school.

A New Study Finds Black Medical Students Face Bias During Residencies

A survey of medical residents from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups found that these medical professionals experienced bias and microaggressions daily. They were also asked routinely to serve as "ambassadors" to resolve diversity issues.

Dartmouth College Study Finds Racial Disparities in Student Debt Can Persist Later in Life

This study is the first to examine how racial disparities in student loan debt change over a person's life rather than only analyzing them at a single point in time when they leave college. Disparities in student debt may contribute to the severe racial economic inequality later in life.

No Progress in Closing the Racial Scoring Gap on the ACT College Entrance Examination

Some 48 percent of Whites who took the ACT test were deemed college ready in three of the four areas of English, mathematics, reading, and science. For Blacks, only 11 percent of all test takers were deemed college ready in at least three of the four areas.

University Study Finds Efforts to Make Science Relevant to Diverse Students Create Divisions

These practices in the classroom attribute health problems to individual choices and divide students into those who are deemed ready for a general chemistry or anatomy lab from those who need to apply the laboratory work to correct problems in their personal lives.

A Boston College Professor Analyzes the President’s Budget Proposals for Minority Serving Institutions

The researchers found that even though President Trump promised support for minority serving institutions, every single program for these colleges and universities had a reduced budget, totaling close to $95 million in proposed cuts.

New Georgia State University Study Finds Significant Racial Pay Gaps in State Government

The study found that White men earn significantly more than Blacks, Latinos and Latinas, and White women in all areas of state government. Even when all variables such as age, experience, and education are taken into account, Black men continue to earn less than White men.

Report Analyzes the Status of Black Students at Public Colleges and Universities

The researchers report that 14.6 percent of 18-24 year-olds across the 50 states are Black, but only 9.8 percent of full-time, degree-seeking undergraduates at public colleges and universities are Black. Additionally, the report found that 44 percent of public campuses have 10 or fewer full-time Black faculty members

American University Report Finds Documentary Film Industry Making Strides in Diversity

The study, produced by the Center for Media & Social Impact at American University in Washington, D.C., found that almost 70 percent of new documentary professionals, those who have been in the industry less than 15 years, are members of racial and ethnic minority groups.

Neuroscientists Create a Computational Model to Predict Discrimination Based on Stereotypes

A team of researchers led by neuroscience scholars at the University of California, Berkeley has built a computational model that can predict the degree to which we discriminate against one another based on our stereotypes of groups according to their perceived warmth and competence.

African Americans With Strong Racial Identities Are Less Likely To Be Hired and Receive Lower Salaries

A Black job applicant who worked on the Obama presidential campaign would indicate a strong racial identity, whereas a Black applicant who was a member of a ski club would be perceived as not having a strong racial identity.
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