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JBHE is dedicated to the conscientious investigation of the status and prospects for African Americans in higher education.
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  • Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Liberal Arts Colleges

    Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Liberal Arts Colleges

    In 2009, only three of the nation’s high-ranking liberal arts colleges had entering classes that were at least 10 percent Black. This year there are seven, with another three schools close behind.

  • Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Research Universities

    Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Research Universities

    Slightly more than a decade ago in 2004, only two of the nation’s highest-ranked universities had incoming classes that were more than 10 percent Black. This year there are eight.

  • Four African Americans Win Marshall Scholarships

    Four African Americans Win Marshall Scholarships

    This year 32 Marshall Scholarships were awarded for American students to spend two years in graduate study at a university in the United Kingdom. It appears from JBHE research, that four of this year’s 32 winners are African Americans.

  • Four Black Women Win Rhodes Scholarships

    Four Black Women Win Rhodes Scholarships

    The Rhodes Trust has announced the latest class of 32 American students who will study at the University of Oxford as Rhodes Scholars. Of this year’s 32 American Rhodes Scholars, it appears that four are African Americans. All four are women.

  • Five Black Scholars Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

    Five Black Scholars Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

    The National Academy of Medicine, formerly known as the Institute for Medicine, has chosen five Black scholars among its new class of 70 fellows.

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  • The New Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education

    The New Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education

    James Cole Jr. has been serving as general counsel at the department and will continue to serve in that role. Earlier, he was deputy general counsel at the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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  • Brown University's Plan to Create a Diverse and Inclusive Campus Community

    Brown University’s Plan to Create a Diverse and Inclusive Campus Community

    In releasing the report, Christina Paxson, president of Brown University, stated that “a diverse and inclusive academic community is foundational to every ambition we have as an institution of higher education."

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  • University of Texas System Initiates a "Rooney Rule" For Senior-Level Hiring

    University of Texas System Initiates a “Rooney Rule” For Senior-Level Hiring

    The University of Texas System has instituted a new policy that requires search committees to have a minority candidate among the finalists for every senior level administrative post on campus. The new policy is modeled after the Rooney Rule in the National Football League.

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  • Two Academic Studies Show That Polluters Target Minority Communities

    Two Academic Studies Show That Polluters Target Minority Communities

    The studies found that companies tended to follow the path of least resistance when locating plants that produced hazardous wastes. And this is particularly true to the super polluters who produce the most toxins.

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  • What Happened to Black Neighborhoods After the Great Recession?

    What Happened to Black Neighborhoods After the Great Recession?

    A new study by researchers at American University and Brigham Young University examines what happened in three predominantly Black neighborhoods: Bronzeville in Chicago, Harlem in New York, and the Shaw/U Street neighborhood in Washington, D.C.

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  • Stanford Political Scientist Examines Gender Differences in Multiracial Identity

    Stanford Political Scientist Examines Gender Differences in Multiracial Identity

    A new study authored by Lauren D. Davenport, an assistant professor of political science at Stanford University in California, finds that women who are children of interracial couples are more likely to identify themselves as biracial than men who are children of interracial couples.

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  • Journalism Schools at Jackson State and Ole Miss Enter Into a Partnership

    Journalism Schools at Jackson State and Ole Miss Enter Into a Partnership

    Under the partnership the journalism schools at the two universities will exchange faculty members, cooperate on research projects, and have students from both journalism schools participate in annual media conferences at each university.

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  • Edward Waters College Celebrates Its Sesquicentennial

    Edward Waters College Celebrates Its Sesquicentennial

    Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida, was founded in 1866. It recently kicked off its celebration of its 150-year anniversary with a ceremony on campus for all students, faculty, staff, and invited alumni.

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  • Bethune-Cookman University Dedicates Its New School of Hospitality Management

    Bethune-Cookman University Dedicates Its New School of Hospitality Management

    Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida, has named its new School of Hospitality Management for Bob Billingslea, a retired executive of the Walt Disney Company.

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  • Three African American Men Among the Finalists for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

    Three African American Men Among the Finalists for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

    Claremont Graduate University in California has announced five finalists for the $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poerty Award. Three of the five finalists are African American men.

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  • New Faculty Appointments at Major Universities for Five Black Scholars

    New Faculty Appointments at Major Universities for Five Black Scholars

    Taking on new roles are Debra J. Barksdale at Virginia Commonwealth University, Michael A. Nutter at Columbia University, Theaster Gates at the University of Chicago, Chris Swan at Tufts University, and Engda Hagos at Colgate University.

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  • New Administrative Assignments for Eight African Americans in Higher Education

    New Administrative Assignments for Eight African Americans in Higher Education

    Here is this week’s roundup of African Americans who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.

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  • Other Recent Articles

  • Duke University Becomes the Newest Partner of the QuestBridge Program

    Duke University Becomes the Newest Partner of the QuestBridge Program (2.10.2016)

    QuestBridge, based in Palo Alto, California, connects high-achieving students from low-income families to the nation’s most selective colleges and universities.

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  • New Academic Consortium Will Oversee the Publication of the Journal African Arts

    New Academic Consortium Will Oversee the Publication of the Journal African Arts (2.10.2016)

    Other members of the consortium are the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Florida, and Rhodes University of South Africa. Each university will be responsible for one issue of the quarterly journal each year.

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  • Higher Education Grants of Interest to African Americans

    Higher Education Grants of Interest to African Americans (2.10.2016)

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

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  • Cornell to Rename Its School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering for an African American

    Cornell to Rename Its School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering for an African American (2.09.2016)

    Robert F. Smith, chair and CEO of Vista Equity Partners has made a $50 million donation to Cornell University. The gift is one of the largest ever made by an African American to an institution of higher education.

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  • University of Connecticut to Establish a Living / Learning Community for Black Men

    University of Connecticut to Establish a Living / Learning Community for Black Men (2.09.2016)

    The Scholastic House Of Leaders who are African American Researchers and Scholars will be located in a 200,000-square-foot dorm set to open in 2016. About 40 Black men will be able to participate in the living/learning community.

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  • Grace E. Harris Retires After a Career That Spanned 48 Years at Virginia Commonwealth University

    Grace E. Harris Retires After a Career That Spanned 48 Years at Virginia Commonwealth University (2.09.2016)

    Grace E. Harris has retired as a distinguished professor of public policy at the leadership institute that bears her name at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Her service included terms as dean of the School of Social Work, provost, and acting president.

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  • In Memoriam: Holly Adrienne Hogrobrooks, 1940-2016

    In Memoriam: Holly Adrienne Hogrobrooks, 1940-2016 (2.08.2016)

    As a student at Texas Southern University in 1960, Hogrobrooks was one of the leaders of a student movement that staged the first lunchcounter sit-in Houston.

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  • Three Black Women Attacked on a Bus at the University at Albany

    Three Black Women Attacked on a Bus at the University at Albany (2.05.2016)

    Three Black women students at the University at Albany of the State University of New York System said they were confronted by racial slurs and attacked by a group of White men and women on a local bus.

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  • Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

    Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers (2.04.2016)

    From time to time, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.

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  • Student Researcher Learns More About the First Black Graduate of Pomona College

    Student Researcher Learns More About the First Black Graduate of Pomona College (2.03.2016)

    In 1904, Winston M.C. Dickson became the first African American graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, California. He later had a successful law practice in Houston, Texas.

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  • The Role of Geography and Race in Remembrances of the Murder of Emmett Till

    The Role of Geography and Race in Remembrances of the Murder of Emmett Till (2.03.2016)

    David Tell, an associate professor of communication studies at the University of Kansas, is working on a book project on how questions of geography and race have altered remembrances of the Emmett Till murder case.

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  • Fielding Graduate University Names New Center for Marie Fielder

    Fielding Graduate University Names New Center for Marie Fielder (2.03.2016)

    Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California, has announced the establishment of the Marie Fielder Center for Democracy, Leadership, and Education, a multidisciplinary research and advocacy center aimed at advancing diversity and inclusion throughout society.

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  • Higher Education Grants of Interest to African Americans

    Higher Education Grants of Interest to African Americans (2.03.2016)

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

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  • Yale University Removes Portraits of John Calhoun, a Proponent of Slavery

    Yale University Removes Portraits of John Calhoun, a Proponent of Slavery (2.02.2016)

    John C. Calhoun graduated from Yale University in 1804. He went on to become vice president of the United States, serving under both John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. A native of South Carolina, Calhoun was a major defender of the institution of slavery.

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  • A New University Home for the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences

    A New University Home for the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences (2.02.2016)

    The national mathematics organization strives to increase the number of underrepresented minorities who earn doctoral degrees in mathematics and related fields. It has been housed at the University of Iowa but will have a new home at Purdue University.

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  • Washington State University Honors Its Late President

    Washington State University Honors Its Late President (2.02.2016)

    Washington State University in Pullman has announced that it will name its new cultural center after its late president, Elson S. Floyd. Dr. Floyd, who became president of the university in 2007, died in June 2015 from colon cancer.

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  • University of Minnesota to Digitize Its Vast African American Collections

    University of Minnesota to Digitize Its Vast African American Collections (2.02.2016)

    The University of Minnesota’s collections on African American history and culture include nearly a half million pages of documents as well as photographs and videos. The materials range from the sixteenth century to the present.

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  • Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

    Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars (2.02.2016)

    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.

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  • The Racial Gap in the Selection of Students for Gifted Education Programs

    The Racial Gap in the Selection of Students for Gifted Education Programs (2.01.2016)

    A new study by researchers at Vanderbilt University finds that Black elementary school students are about half as likely as their White peers with similar standardized test scores to be assigned to gifted education classes. But when the gifted education teacher is Black, the racial gap disappears.

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  • Robert M. Dixon to Serve as Provost at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

    Robert M. Dixon to Serve as Provost at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania (2.01.2016)

    For the past two years, Dr. Dixon has served as interim vice president for academic affairs at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. He is the former provost and vice president for academic affairs at Grambling State University in Louisiana.

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  • Ethnic Studies Courses in High School Can Lead to Academic Success for Minority Students

    Ethnic Studies Courses in High School Can Lead to Academic Success for Minority Students (2.01.2016)

    A new study by researchers at Stanford University found that minority students who took an ethnic studies course in high school had higher attendance rates and greater academic success than minority students who did not take such classes.

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  • New Leader for the College of Arts and Sciences at Fayetteville State University

    New Leader for the College of Arts and Sciences at Fayetteville State University (2.01.2016)

    Fayetteville State University in North Carolina has announced the appointment of Samuel Adu-Mireku as interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Since 2012, Dr. Adu-Mireku has served as associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

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  • Study Finds Racial Gap in Salaries of Business School Graduates

    Study Finds Racial Gap in Salaries of Business School Graduates (2.01.2016)

    The data showed that Black and White graduates of business schools earned similar salaries in their first jobs after graduating from business school. But six to eight years after leaving business schools a significant racial gap had opened up.

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  • Mandara Savage Is the New Leader of the Extended Campus of Southern Illinois University

    Mandara Savage Is the New Leader of the Extended Campus of Southern Illinois University (2.01.2016)

    The Southern Illinois University Extended Campus includes all online courses and courses taught at off-campus facilities. Dr. Savage is an associate professor and chair of the department of technology at the university.

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