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THE JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Number 60
Summer 2008
NEWS AND VIEWS, 5
- Forty-Five Years Ago: A. Philip Randolph’s March on Washington, 5
- Ranking the Nation’s Flagship State Universities and Historically Black Colleges on Their Success in Enrolling Low-Income Students, 6
- Wake Forest Presents the Most Serious Threat So Far to the Future of the SAT, 9
- Declining Black Enrollments at Many of the Nation’s Highest-Ranked Law Schools, 10
- Tracking the 10-Year Change in Black Student First-Year Enrollments at the Nation’s Highest-Ranked Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges, 12
- R.I.P., Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (1921-2008), 15
- No Blacks Among the New Fellows Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 16
- Black Members at Two of America’s Most Prestigious Learned Societies, 16
- Aid to Higher Education: Barack Obama Has a Serious Plan, John McCain Says Nothing, 20
- Princeton Professor Searches for a New Explanation for the Black-White Educational Achievement Gap, 21
- Six African-American Students Win Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarships, 22
- New Web Site Provides a Forum for Campus Racism, 24
- Eliminating the Racial Gap in College Graduation Rates, 26
- Black University Lecturer Elected to the Italian Parliament, 28
- The Racial Wealth Gap Is Widening: Blacks Increasingly Disadvantaged in Their Ability to Pay for College, 28
- Grading Controversy Erupts at Historically Black Norfolk State University, 30
- Joshua Packwood Makes History at Morehouse College, 31
- Student Applicants to Selective Colleges and Universities Are Showing Increasing Reluctance to Disclose Their Race, 32
- Northwestern University Is the Newest Partner in the QuestBridge Program, 34
- How Black Parents Perceive Urban Schools, 36
- Ron Paul: A Racist With Staying Power, 37
- A Stanford University Graduate Is the Most Influential Woman in the Obama Campaign, 38
- Rush Limbaugh Plays the Race Card, 39
- The Flagship State Universities That Are Doing a Poor Job in Graduating Black Students, 40
- Black High School Seniors Have Made Solid Progress in College Readiness, 42
- Three Black Scholars Among the New Class of Fletcher Fellows, 43
- Higher Education and the Black Vote: It May Hold the Key to Electoral Success for Barack Obama, 44
- Blacks Appear Far More Often in Colleges’ Promotional Photographs Than Their Actual Percentages on Campus, 48
- New SAT Rule to Benefit Wealthy Students and Boost As Well the Revenues of The College Board, 48
- So Much for the Mismatch Theory: The Vast Majority of Blacks Succeed at the Nation’s Top Law Schools, 49
- Blacks From Working-Class Families in Britain Are Far More Likely Than Working-Class Whites to Enroll in College, 49
- Proposals to Ban Race-Sensitive Admissions Headed to November Ballots in Three States, 50
- University of Pennsylvania to Offer a Ph.D. in Africana Studies, 50
- In Canada, Blacks on Average Are More Highly Educated Than Whites, 50
- MIT Reports Strong Performance in Recruiting Black Students, 50
VITAL SIGNS: THE CURRENT STATE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 51
- The Black-White Higher Education Equality Index, 52
- JBHE Statistics That Measure the State of Racial Inequality, 53
- Declining Financial Aid for African-American College Students, 54
- Comparative Charts of Black and White Educational Progress, 55
AFRICAN AMERICANS CONTINUE TO MAKE SOLID GAINS IN BACHELOR AND MASTER DEGREE AWARDS, 56
A SPECIAL BRAND OF PATRIOTISM, Eugene Robinson, 63
YALE UNIVERSITY’S POOR SUCCESS IN ENROLLING LOW-INCOME STUDENTS, 66
HE WAS THE OBAMA BEFORE OBAMA: JOHN MERCER LANGSTON, Kevin Merida, 70
THE HISTORY OF AMERICA’S PREMIER INDEPENDENT BLACK MEDICAL SCHOOL, Wayne J. Riley, 74
THIS YEAR’S HONORARY DEGREE AWARDS FOR BLACKS AT THE NATION’S HIGHEST-RANKED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, 77
RACIALLY INTEGRATED EDUCATION: DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1920, 84
OPINIONS ON CURRENT READING, 86
DEPARTMENTS
- Honors and Awards, 94
- Black Digest of Literature, 98
- Scholarly Research on Black Higher Education, 101
- Appointments, Tenure Decisions, and Promotions, 102
- Minority-Related Grants, 106
- Scholarly Papers, 108
- Race Relations on Campus, 128
Previous Issues:
• Issue No. 59 – Spring 2008
• Issue No. 58 – Winter 2007/08
• Issue No. 57 – Autumn 2007
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