The Stubborn Racial Gap in Degree Attainment Rates in the United States
For Black students who entered postsecondary education in the 2011-112 academic year, 9.5 percent earned an associate's degree and 22.7 percent were awarded a bachelor's degree by the Spring of 2017.
UNCF Report Calls for Reforms in the Accreditation Process for HBCUs
Since 2000, four HBCUs who were members of the UNCF have lost accreditation. In addition, nine of the 37 private HBCUs that comprise UNCF membership — almost a quarter — were sanctioned between 2015 and 2018. About one third of all institutions sanctioned in 2017 and 2018 were HBCUs.
65 Years After Brown: America’s Public Schools Remain Racially Segregated
According to a new report from The Civil Rights Project at UCLA, White students, on average, attend a school in which 69 percent of students are White. Black students, who account for 15 percent of enrollment, as they did in 1970, attend schools that on average have Black enrollments of 47 percent.
Study Finds Historically Redlined Communities Have Higher Rates of Asthma
The results found that residents of redlined neighborhoods visited the emergency room for asthma-related complaints 2.4 times more often than residents of green neighborhoods. Measures of diesel particulate matter in the air also averaged nearly twice as high in redlined neighborhoods compared to green neighborhoods.
Study Finds Blacks With a College Education Are More Likely to Experience Racial Discrimination
The survey found that the majority of all African American respondents reported experiencing discrimination at some point in their life. However, this exposure to discrimination was more pronounced among African Americans with at least some college experience
Study Finds Black Principals Increase the Hiring and Retention Rates of Black Teachers
Researchers from Vanderbilt University in Nashville found that Black principals have more success in hiring diverse faculty because they have access to different networks to find diverse teachers and are able to attract qualified Black teachers who prefer to work for Black principals.
Oklahoma State Scholar Says Artificial Intelligence Can Eliminate Bias in the Hiring Process
The research finds that using machine decision-making through artificial intelligence (AI) can remove unconscious bias and “noise” from the hiring and promotion process and begin making the workplace reflect a diverse society.
Nationwide Study Finds Major Racial Gap in School Suspensions and Expulsions
The study offers a comprehensive look at racial disparities in school discipline involving expulsion or suspension from school at secondary educational institutions throughout the United States. The study examined disciplinary records involving nearly 16,000 middle schools and more than 18,000 high schools all across the country.
HBCUs Exceed Expectations When it Comes to Black Enrollment and Graduation Rates
For an example, in Florida, HBCUs represent just 4 percent of the state's four-year college and universities, but enroll 9 percent of all Black undergraduates and award 18 percent of bachelor's degrees to Black graduates.
Study Finds Bans on Race-Sensitive College Admissions Had Impact on Public Health
Overall, self-reported rates of smoking among underrepresented minority 11th and 12th graders increased by 3.8 percentage points in the same years each of the states discussed, passed, and implemented the bans, compared to those living in states with no bans.
Study Finds Black Students Receive Fewer Warnings From Teachers About Their Misbehavior
New research from the University of Illinois has found that Black middle school students are significantly less likely than their White peers to receive verbal or written warnings from their teachers about behavioral infractions before disciplinary action is taken.
Police Use-of-Force Is the Sixth Leading Cause of Death for Young Black Men
The results found that about 100 in 100,000 Black males will be killed by police during their lives, while only 39 White males per 100,000 are killed by police. This means Black males are about 2.5 times more likely to be killed by police than White males.
New Report Documents the Rise of Racial Hate on College and University Campuses
The report document that in 2016, more than 1,000 hate crimes were committed on college campuses across the country. Furthermore, the report finds that between 2011 and 2016, there was a 40 percent increase in campus hate crimes.
Black-Led Venture Capital Funds Are Judged More Harshly Than Their White Counterparts
venture capital funds managed by a person of color are judged more harshly by professional investors than their White counterparts with identical credentials. The findings also suggest that minority-owned venture capital firms actually face more bias when they are successful.
Research Documents a Significant Lack of Racial Diversity in Cancer Clinical Trials
"Our findings show that the science might not be applicable to the population that’s going to receive the medications," said the study’s lead author, Dr. Jonathan Loree.
A Snapshot of the Status of African Americans Among School Principals in the United...
African Americans were more than 20 percent of all principals at schools where 75 percent of all students qualified for federally financed school lunches. But Blacks were only 3.8 percent of the principals in schools where less than 35 percent of all students qualified for free lunches.
Higher Education Does Not Protect Blacks From Environmental Hazards at Work
Blacks with a college-education were significantly more likely than their educated White peers to be in jobs that exposed them to second-hand smoke. This health hazard has been shown to increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and cancer.
A Check-Up on Trends in Black Applicants and Matriculants at U.S. Medical Schools
The study found that the number of applicants and matriculants from underrepresented groups increased at a greater rate than for applicants and enrollments as a whole. However, the study found that from 2002 to 2017, Black applicants and matriculants of both sexes were still underrepresented.
Stanford University Research Finds Persisting Racial Segregation in Public Schools
Analyzing data on all public schools in the United States from 2008 to 2016, Stanford University researchers conclude that "racial segregation appears to be harmful because it concentrates minority students in high-poverty schools, which are, on average, less effective than lower-poverty schools."
Department of Education Study Shows Racial Differences in Crime Victimization at Schools
A new report from the U.S. Department of Education finds that during the 2016-17 school year, 2.6 percent of Black students in the 12-to-18 age group with victimized by crime compared to 2.2 percent of Whites. Blacks were slightly less likely than Whites to be victims of violent crime while at school.
Report Finds HBCUs Do a Great Job in Aiding the Upward Economic Mobility of...
A key finding of the report from the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University in New Jersey is that despite the fact that many students at HBCUs come from low-income families, nearly 70 percent of students at HBCUs attain at least middle-class incomes after graduation.
Racial Differences in Children’s Perception of the Intelligence of Men and Women
A new study conducted by New York University finds that children of all races are more likely to think of White men as " brilliant" compared to White women. But the study found that children of all races do not extend this stereotype to African American men and women.
New Analysis Looks at Admission Rates by Race at Virginia’s Public Universities
According to the report, when comparing applicants to the University of Virginia who had similar test scores on college entrance examinations and high school grade point averages, 74 percent of Black applicants were admitted compared to only 30 percent of White applicants.
Washington University Study Shows an Alarming Trend in Suicide Attempts by Black Adolescents
Historically, Black adolescents were less like to commit suicide or to try to commit suicide than their White peers. This is still the case. But a new study finds that while suicide attempts have dropped for most groups, they are on the rise for Black adolescents.
Stanford University Study Examines School Enrollments in Gentrified Urban Areas
The study found that gentrified neighborhoods tended to show a reduction in public school enrollments in the 2000-to-2014 period. But neighborhoods that were gentrified by mostly Black or Hispanic college-educated families showed an increase in public school enrollments.
Organization Rates Major Medical Schools on Efforts to Promote Racial Equality
The organization White Coasts for Black Lives is a medical student-run organization formed to dismantle racism in medicine. It recently released a report on the efforts of 17 major medical schools to address racial inequality in academic medicine.
Economist Finds Speech Patterns Impact Wages, Particularly for African Americans
A new University of Chicago study found that speech patterns strongly affect a person’s wages, particularly for African Americans. The study found that workers with racially and regionally distinctive speech patterns earn lower wages compared to those who speak in the mainstream.
New Report Documents an Alarming Rise in Suicide Rates Among Black Youth
Self-reported suicide attempts rose by 73 percent between 1991-2017 for Black high school students. The suicide rate for Black children ages 5-12 is roughly twice that of White children of the same age group.
Harvard Study Finds That People of Color More Likely to Be Exposed to Ads...
In recent, months there has been a great deal of research published on the dangers of vaping. Exposure to vaping advertisements can increase the likelihood of taking up the habit. A new study by researchers at Harvard University finds that people of color are more likely than Whites to be targeted.
Report Finds That Black Students Do Not Have Equal Access to Advanced K-12 Courses
A new report from The Education Trust finds that Black students across the country experience inequitable access to advanced coursework opportunities. As a result, these students are missing out on critical opportunities that can set them up for success in college.
A College Education Continues to Pay Economic Dividends to Black Graduates
A new report from The College Board shows that a college education continues to provide widespread economic benefits to those who obtain the credential. This is particularly true for African Americans.
Income-Based Affirmative Action Is Not a Good Substitute for Race-Sensitive Admissions
The report shows that Black students from the highest-income groups are still far less likely than Whites from the same income groups to attend and graduate from selective colleges and universities.
Report Finds That a Lack of Trust Impacts Retention Rates of Black Teachers
If only new teachers are considered, African American teachers with two years or less experience were 2.5 times as likely to leave Wisconsin public education as White teachers (27.9 percent compared to 11 percent).
The Dwindling Number of Black Tenured and Tenure Track Faculty at Penn State
In 2004, there were 83 tenured or tenure-track Black faculty at Penn State. By 2018, the number dropped to 68. In 2004, tenured and tenure-track African American faculty comprised 76.1 percent of all Black professors, however by 2018 this proportion had decreased to 60.7 percent.
Black Men’s Encounters With Police Have a Negative Effect on Their Mental Health
Adversarial encounters with police have a powerful, negative effect on Black men’s mental health, as do efforts to avoid such encounters, according to a study led by Lisa Bowleg, a professor of psychology at George Washington University.
White Supremacists Are Increasingly Targeting College Campuses to Spread Their Propaganda
Approximately one-fourth (630) of the total (2,711) White supremacist propaganda incidents in 2019 took place on campus – nearly double the 320 campus incidents counted in 2018. During the 2019 fall semester, ADL counted 410 incidents on campus – more than double any proceeding semester.
