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  • Tracking Graduation Rates at HBCUs

    Tracking Graduation Rates at HBCUs

    The student graduation rate at almost all historically Black colleges and universities is below 50 percent. And the trend is not encouraging.

  • Against All Odds: A Story of Tenacity, Hard Work, and Higher Education

    Against All Odds: A Story of Tenacity, Hard Work, and Higher Education

    Four teenage friends all became pregnant in high school. But they vowed that by supporting each other and through dedication to hard work and education, they would succeed. Soon they will all hold MBA degrees.

  • JBHE Annual Survey: Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Research Universities

    JBHE Annual Survey: Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Research Universities

    For the 19th consecutive year, JBHE publishes the results of its annual survey of entering Black students at the nation’s leading research universities.

  • The JBHE Annual Survey: Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Liberal Arts Colleges

    The JBHE Annual Survey: Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Liberal Arts Colleges

    Amherst College had led the rankings for five years in a row. This year, Williams College ties Amherst for the top spot.

  • New Data on the Racial Gap in College Graduation Rates

    New Data on the Racial Gap in College Graduation Rates

    The U.S. Department of Education recently released data on the success rate of the cohort of students who entered higher education in the fall of 2003.

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  • Naomi Long Madgett Named the 2012 Kresge Eminent Artist

    Naomi Long Madgett Named the 2012 Kresge Eminent Artist

    The noted poet is professor emerita at Eastern Michigan University. [...]

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  • Tidewater Community College Names Two African American Provosts

    Tidewater Community College Names Two African American Provosts

    Michelle Woodhouse and Marvin Bright will lead the Portsmouth and Norfolk campuses of the 46,000-student community college. [...]

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  • Bethune-Cookman President Announces Her Retirement

    Bethune-Cookman President Announces Her Retirement

    Trudie Kibbe Reed has served as president of the historically Black university since 2004. [...]

    Jan 25, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

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  • Research Measures Racial Differences in Nonverbal Communication Between Doctors and Patients

    Research Measures Racial Differences in Nonverbal Communication Between Doctors and Patients

    The University of South Carolina study found Black physicians outperformed their White colleagues. But Black doctors were less at ease when they had White patients. [...]

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  • Study Finds That Black Women Leaders Are Not Viewed Negatively When They Act Assertively

    Study Finds That Black Women Leaders Are Not Viewed Negatively When They Act Assertively

    Researchers at Duke University and Northwestern University show that executives are perceived differently depending on their race and gender. [...]

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  • Rice University Study Finds That Racial Discrimination Can Be Harmful to Your Health

    Rice University Study Finds That Racial Discrimination Can Be Harmful to Your Health

    Sociologists at Rice University in Houston found that 18 percent of African Americans reported emotional or health problems resulting from perceived racial discrimination. [...]

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  • Good News for Paul Quinn College

    Good News for Paul Quinn College

    The historically Black college has now put its accreditation problems in the rear-view mirror. [...]

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  • Bus Tour for Diversity In Medicine to Stop at Five HBCUs

    Bus Tour for Diversity In Medicine to Stop at Five HBCUs

    At each school visited, about 150 students will participate in a full-day program where they will learn how to succeed in pursuing a medical career. [...]

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  • A Unique Opportunity for HBCU Business Students

    A Unique Opportunity for HBCU Business Students

    HBCU students will spend two weeks in two consecutive summers at a business school in California. [...]

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  • Sonia Sanchez Named Poet Laureate of Philadelphia

    Sonia Sanchez Named Poet Laureate of Philadelphia

    She is professor emerita of English at Temple University. [...]

    Jan 27, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Toi Derricotte Named to the Board of the Academy of American Poets

    Toi Derricotte Named to the Board of the Academy of American Poets

    The University of Pittsburgh professor has published more than 1,000 poems. [...]

    Jan 27, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Fayetteville State University Administrator to Head HBCU Organization

    Fayetteville State University Administrator to Head HBCU Organization

    Emily M. Dickens has been elected chair of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Community Development Action Coalition. [...]

    Jan 27, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Other Recent Articles

  • Multimedia Exhibit Examines the Journeys of African American Women in Higher Education

    Multimedia Exhibit Examines the Journeys of African American Women in Higher Education (1.28.2012)

    Roxana Walker-Canton’s work will be on display for two weeks in February on the campus of Fairfield University in Connecticut.

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  • John Feikens, Damon J. Keith, and Ralph Freeman at the Judge Keith's 1967 swearing in ceremony

    African American Legal History Archive at Wayne State University Receives Papers of Federal Judge (1.28.2012)

    John Feikens was co-chair of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission and served on the federal bench for the Eastern District of Michigan.

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  • University of Missouri Receives Replica of the MLK Memorial

    University of Missouri Receives Replica of the MLK Memorial (1.28.2012)

    The replica is a gift from alumnus Ty Christian who played a big role in raising money for the King Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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  • Purdue Reports a Shrinking Racial Gap in Retention Rates

    Purdue Reports a Shrinking Racial Gap in Retention Rates (1.27.2012)

    In the past five years the racial gap has shrunk from 11 percentage points to almost nothing.

    Jan 27, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Historic Lunch Counter Gets a New Home at North Carolina Central University

    Historic Lunch Counter Gets a New Home at North Carolina Central University (1.27.2012)

    In February 1961, students at North Carolina Central began their lunch counter protest a week after a similar event in Greensboro.

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  • Alabama A&M Students Take to the Streets

    Alabama A&M Students Take to the Streets (1.27.2012)

    The students allege that the administration is making decisions without adequate input from students.

    Jan 27, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Howard University Establishes Study Abroad Program in South Africa

    Howard University Establishes Study Abroad Program in South Africa (1.27.2012)

    Starting this July, Howard students will spend a semester at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town.

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  • Two Black Scholars Named to Endowed Chairs

    Two Black Scholars Named to Endowed Chairs (1.27.2012)

    Fred Bonner at Rutgers and Joseph Ofori-Dankwa at Saginaw Valley State are appointed to named chairs.

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  • Shirley Ann Jackson to Be Honored by the AAAS

    Shirley Ann Jackson to Be Honored by the AAAS (1.26.2012)

    The president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will be given an award at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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  • Prestigious Awards for Three Black Scholars

    Prestigious Awards for Three Black Scholars (1.26.2012)

    Sade Kosoko-Lasaki, Gloria Boutte, and Sulayman Nyang are honored by their universities.

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  • Jabbar Bennett Assumes Additional Duties at Brown University

    Jabbar Bennett Assumes Additional Duties at Brown University (1.26.2012)

    He was named associate dean for diversity in the division of biology and medicine and director of the Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs at the Warren Alpert Medical School.

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  • New University Positions for a Half Dozen African Americans

    New University Positions for a Half Dozen African Americans (1.26.2012)

    Here is news of six African Americans who are assuming new duties in higher education.

    Jan 26, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Carl Jones Named to Executive Post at Clark Atlanta University

    Carl Jones Named to Executive Post at Clark Atlanta University (1.25.2012)

    He will serve as vice president for enrollment services and student affairs. He was a vice president at South Carolina State University.

    Jan 25, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Recent Books That May Be of Interest to African-American Scholars

    Recent Books That May Be of Interest to African-American Scholars (1.24.2012)

    The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.

    Jan 24, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

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