Daily Archives: Dec 19, 2025

Each week, JBHE will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view.

Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.

Throughout her lifetime, Dr. Robinson taught at eight nursing schools across five states, including two HBCUs: Alcorn State University in Mississippi and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in California.

An 18-year old football player at Aurora University in Illinois has quit school after two teammates used racial slurs and made uncomfortable comments regarding George Floyd. Although an internal investigation confirmed the student had faced a hostile environment, the accused players are eligible to return to the team in January upon completing mandatory racial sensitivity training.

Dr. Paige was the first African American to serve as secretary of the U.S. Department of Education during President George W. Bush's first term. He was a leader in both K-12 and higher education, including service as dean of the Texas Southern University College of Education and interim president of Jackson State University.

“Banning DEI policies in higher education directly contradicts their fundamental purpose: to eliminate barriers to equal opportunity and create more equitable academic institutions,” the report authors write. “Without these programs, systemic disparities are likely to persist and widen, thereby reinforcing inequities in education, employment, and social mobility.”

At the end of December, Martin University will pause its operations indefinitely due to low student enrollment and significant financial challenges.

For decades, research has documented African Americans' lower levels of trust in scientific institutions compared to Americans of other racial groups. According to a new study, this may be largely due to the persistent lack of racial diversity in the STEM workforce.

Professor Matthews has taught creative writing and poetry at Bryn Mawr College since 2017. As a poet and educator, she centers her work on the intersections of language, economics, race, and social policy.

According to a new Pew Research Center survey, about one-third of Black Americans would rather live in the past than in present day, while one-fifth would prefer to live sometime in the future. Notably, half of White Americans would choose to live in the past, while just 10 percent would choose the future.

At historically Black Texas Southern University, Aisha Moultry has been named interim dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Cheree Daniels has been named interim dean of the College of Transdisciplinary Studies.

Reinvestment Fund's HBCU Brilliance Initiative aims to secure the future of HBCUs through strengthening their financial health. For its inaugural cohort, the initiative will provide $40,000 grants and up to $1 million in financing to support campus infrastructure improvements at 11 historically Black higher education institutions.

DeQuan M. Smith is the inaugural assistant dean for student success and Danita Beck Wickwire is the inaugural executive director of development for the Xavier Oscher College of Medicine, which is slated to become the fifth medical school at a historically Black educational institution.

Hampton University, Morehouse College, Tennessee State University, and Virginia State University have each received $500,000 matching grants from the Southern Company Foundation to establish endowed professorships in sustainability-related fields. The grants are the latest additions to the foundation's ongoing pledge to invest $50 million to HBCUs in the utility company's service area.

Dr. Daut, professor of French and of Black studies at Yale University, was honored for her newest book, The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe, which examines the complex political and intellectual life of early nineteenth-century Haiti.

Through a new partnership with the African American Male Education Network & Development, Tuskegee University in Alabama aims to reserve the persistent trend of declining Black male enrollment in higher education. The program will provide male students at Tuskegee with access to academic resources, mentorship opportunities, and professional development to foster their success in college and after graduation.

Joi Grabielle Artis is the new campus minister and chaplain at Benedict College in South Carolina. Shannon Trapp was appointed associate vice chancellor for administration and strategic operations at North Carolina A&T State University and April Thomas was named director of the Undergraduate Research Office at South Carolina State University.

Unlearning the Hush reminds us that the history of Black education in this country has always been more than resistance to injustice. It is also a history of ingenuity, rigor, and love.

Each week, JBHE will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.