The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

H. Dele Davies Appointed Chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center

An expert in pediatric infectious diseases and community health, Dr. Davies has led the University of Nebraska Medical Center for the past two years. Effective July 1, he will officially become the university's ninth chancellor.

Simone Marstiller to Lead the Florida A&M University College of Law

Breaking News
Simone Marstiller comes to her new role with more than two decades of leadership experience spanning judiciary, state government, regulatory affairs, and legal practice. Most recently, she served as secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.

Marshall Thompson Appointed Provost of Atlanta Metropolitan State College

Breaking News
Dr. Thompson most recently served as vice provost for academic effectiveness at historically Black Norfolk State University in Virginia. He will begin his new role as provost at Atlanta Metropolitan State College on August 1.

Rhonda McEwen Appointed President of the University of Victoria

Breaking News
Dr. McEwen comes to her new appointment following four years as president and vice chancellor of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. Earlier, she served in several leadership roles at the University of Toronto Mississauga. She received some of her education in the United States.
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Research & Studies

The Financial Health of Private Historically Black Colleges and Universities

The 2026 College Financial Grades report from Forbes ranks the fiscal stability of more than 900 private colleges and universities across the country. Morehouse College, Rust College, and Fisk University are the most financial healthy HBCUs in the country, according to the list.

Few African Americans Among U.S. Senate Committees’ Top Staff

Of the 37 Senate staff directors in committee offices, only one is African American. Among the 88 other Senate committee top staff positions, only two are held by Black Americans.

Study Analyzes the Recent Increase in Black Suburban Populations

Research & Studies
In 1970, nearly half of all Black people in the United States lived in a large city. Now, only a quarter of Black Americans live in large cities. Over the same time period, the share of Black Americans living in the suburbs rose from 16 percent to 36 percent.

Ranking U.S. States on Racial Equality in Education

Racial Gap
According to a new WalletHub analysis of all 50 states' education systems, Wyoming has the overall most racial equality in education, followed by West Virginia and New Mexico, In contrast, racial equality in education is the lowest in Wisconsin, Connecticut, and New Jersey.

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University of Pennsylvania Establishes New Center for Civil Rights

The University of Pennsylvania has consolidated three existing offices relating to discrimination, harassment, and compliance into a unified Center for Civil Rights Office.
African-American History

University of California, Berkeley Acquires Archive of Artist Mildred Howard

Across her career, Howard created multiple public-art installations and worked in a range of artistic mediums. An archive of materials chronicling her five-decades-long career has now been acquired by the University of California, Berkeley.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Leland Ware, 1948-2026

Professor Ware taught law, public policy, and Africana studies at the University of Delaware for more than two decades. As a scholar, he focused on civil rights and civil liberties law, employment law, and constitutional law.
HBCUs

The Financial Health of Private Historically Black Colleges and Universities

The 2026 College Financial Grades report from Forbes ranks the fiscal stability of more than 900 private colleges and universities across the country. Morehouse College, Rust College, and Fisk University are the most financial healthy HBCUs in the country, according to the list.
Breaking News

H. Dele Davies Appointed Chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center

An expert in pediatric infectious diseases and community health, Dr. Davies has led the University of Nebraska Medical Center for the past two years. Effective July 1, he will officially become the university's ninth chancellor.
Racial Gap

Few African Americans Among U.S. Senate Committees’ Top Staff

Of the 37 Senate staff directors in committee offices, only one is African American. Among the 88 other Senate committee top staff positions, only two are held by Black Americans.
Breaking News

Simone Marstiller to Lead the Florida A&M University College of Law

Simone Marstiller comes to her new role with more than two decades of leadership experience spanning judiciary, state government, regulatory affairs, and legal practice. Most recently, she served as secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.
Research & Studies

Study Analyzes the Recent Increase in Black Suburban Populations

In 1970, nearly half of all Black people in the United States lived in a large city. Now, only a quarter of Black Americans live in large cities. Over the same time period, the share of Black Americans living in the suburbs rose from 16 percent to 36 percent.
Breaking News

Marshall Thompson Appointed Provost of Atlanta Metropolitan State College

Dr. Thompson most recently served as vice provost for academic effectiveness at historically Black Norfolk State University in Virginia. He will begin his new role as provost at Atlanta Metropolitan State College on August 1.
HBCUs

Wiley University Approved to Launch Its First Doctoral Degree Program

Wiley University's first doctoral program - an executive Ph.D. in business administration - will enroll its first cohort next year.
Appointments & Awards

A Trio of Black Scholars Promoted to Full Professor at Coppin State University in Baltimore

Coppin State University, the historically Black educational institution in Baltimore, has the announced the promotion of Khadijah Ali-Coleman, Johnny Rice, and David Scott to the rank of full professor.
HBCUs

Ohio to Give Central State University $29 Million If It Allows Government Oversight of Campus Facilities

Ohio lawmakers have proposed a $29 million allocation for historically Black Central State University to fund campus renovations — only if the HBCU agrees to give the Ohio Department of Administrative Services oversight of its facilities.
Appointments & Awards

Yale’s Nana Osei Quarshie Wins the 2026 Cheiron Book Prize

The book prize is presented annually by Cheiron: The International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences. Dr. Quarshie's scholarship centers on the relationship between mental healing, political expulsions, immigration, and urban belonging in West Africa since the seventeenth century.
HBCUs

Previously Dismissed Florida A&M University Underfunding Lawsuit Moves Forward

In 2024, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Florida A&M University students who claimed the state of Florida had consistently underfunded the HBCU compared to the state's predominately White universities. The U.S. Court of Appeals recently revived that lawsuit, ruling the 2024 dismissal did not provide the plaintiffs enough time to present their evidence.
Appointments & Awards

New Appointments for Six Black Administrators in Higher Education

The appointments are Keiko Price Carter at Emory University in Atlanta, Talibah M. Bayles at Miles College in Alabama, Markel Quarles at California State University, Stanislaus, Traevena Byrd at George Washington University, Rodney D. Smith at Texas Southern University, and Willie D. Moore at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina.
Articles

Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

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

Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

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.
Grants and Gifts

Higher Education Gifts or Grants of Interest to African Americans

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.
Diversity

Indiana University Lecturer’s Contract Ends Following Lesson Linking “MAGA” to White Supremacy

During the fall 2025 semester, a student submitted an anonymous complaint against social work lecturer Jessica Adams after she displayed a graphic that listed President Trump's “Make America Great Again” slogan as an example of covert White supremacy.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Renee Monica McCoy, 1969-2026

Professor McCoy taught courses in accounting and decision sciences at historically Black Clark Atlanta University for two decades. She also served as faculty lead for the university's minor program in business analytics.
Resignations

University of Virginia Professor Deborah McDowell Retires After Four Decades

Professor McDowell has taught African American literature at the University of Virginia for the past 39 years. As director of the university's Carter G. Woodson Institute, she helped transform the African American studies program into an academic department.
African-American History

University of South Carolina Debuts Richard Samuel Roberts Online Photographic Archive

The Richard Samuel Roberts Collection at the University of South Carolina includes digital scans of more than 5,000 glass plate negatives showcasing African American life in Columbia, South Carolina, during the early twentieth century.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: William H. Whitaker Jr., 1967-2026

Dr. Whitaker's career in higher education spanned more than three decades. A former administrator at several HBCUs, he was serving as dean of the Dr. Emily England Clyburn Honors College at South Carolina State University at the time of his passing.
Racial Gap

Ranking U.S. States on Racial Equality in Education

According to a new WalletHub analysis of all 50 states' education systems, Wyoming has the overall most racial equality in education, followed by West Virginia and New Mexico, In contrast, racial equality in education is the lowest in Wisconsin, Connecticut, and New Jersey.
Breaking News

Rhonda McEwen Appointed President of the University of Victoria

Dr. McEwen comes to her new appointment following four years as president and vice chancellor of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. Earlier, she served in several leadership roles at the University of Toronto Mississauga. She received some of her education in the United States.
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Diversity

University of Pennsylvania Establishes New Center for Civil Rights

The University of Pennsylvania has consolidated three existing offices relating to discrimination, harassment, and compliance into a unified Center for Civil Rights Office.
African-American History

University of California, Berkeley Acquires Archive of Artist Mildred Howard

Across her career, Howard created multiple public-art installations and worked in a range of artistic mediums. An archive of materials chronicling her five-decades-long career has now been acquired by the University of California, Berkeley.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Leland Ware, 1948-2026

Professor Ware taught law, public policy, and Africana studies at the University of Delaware for more than two decades. As a scholar, he focused on civil rights and civil liberties law, employment law, and constitutional law.
HBCUs

The Financial Health of Private Historically Black Colleges and Universities

The 2026 College Financial Grades report from Forbes ranks the fiscal stability of more than 900 private colleges and universities across the country. Morehouse College, Rust College, and Fisk University are the most financial healthy HBCUs in the country, according to the list.
Breaking News

H. Dele Davies Appointed Chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center

An expert in pediatric infectious diseases and community health, Dr. Davies has led the University of Nebraska Medical Center for the past two years. Effective July 1, he will officially become the university's ninth chancellor.
Racial Gap

Few African Americans Among U.S. Senate Committees’ Top Staff

Of the 37 Senate staff directors in committee offices, only one is African American. Among the 88 other Senate committee top staff positions, only two are held by Black Americans.
Breaking News

Simone Marstiller to Lead the Florida A&M University College of Law

Simone Marstiller comes to her new role with more than two decades of leadership experience spanning judiciary, state government, regulatory affairs, and legal practice. Most recently, she served as secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.
Research & Studies

Study Analyzes the Recent Increase in Black Suburban Populations

In 1970, nearly half of all Black people in the United States lived in a large city. Now, only a quarter of Black Americans live in large cities. Over the same time period, the share of Black Americans living in the suburbs rose from 16 percent to 36 percent.
Breaking News

Marshall Thompson Appointed Provost of Atlanta Metropolitan State College

Dr. Thompson most recently served as vice provost for academic effectiveness at historically Black Norfolk State University in Virginia. He will begin his new role as provost at Atlanta Metropolitan State College on August 1.
HBCUs

Wiley University Approved to Launch Its First Doctoral Degree Program

Wiley University's first doctoral program - an executive Ph.D. in business administration - will enroll its first cohort next year.
Appointments & Awards

A Trio of Black Scholars Promoted to Full Professor at Coppin State University in Baltimore

Coppin State University, the historically Black educational institution in Baltimore, has the announced the promotion of Khadijah Ali-Coleman, Johnny Rice, and David Scott to the rank of full professor.
HBCUs

Ohio to Give Central State University $29 Million If It Allows Government Oversight of Campus Facilities

Ohio lawmakers have proposed a $29 million allocation for historically Black Central State University to fund campus renovations — only if the HBCU agrees to give the Ohio Department of Administrative Services oversight of its facilities.
Appointments & Awards

Yale’s Nana Osei Quarshie Wins the 2026 Cheiron Book Prize

The book prize is presented annually by Cheiron: The International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences. Dr. Quarshie's scholarship centers on the relationship between mental healing, political expulsions, immigration, and urban belonging in West Africa since the seventeenth century.
HBCUs

Previously Dismissed Florida A&M University Underfunding Lawsuit Moves Forward

In 2024, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Florida A&M University students who claimed the state of Florida had consistently underfunded the HBCU compared to the state's predominately White universities. The U.S. Court of Appeals recently revived that lawsuit, ruling the 2024 dismissal did not provide the plaintiffs enough time to present their evidence.
Appointments & Awards

New Appointments for Six Black Administrators in Higher Education

The appointments are Keiko Price Carter at Emory University in Atlanta, Talibah M. Bayles at Miles College in Alabama, Markel Quarles at California State University, Stanislaus, Traevena Byrd at George Washington University, Rodney D. Smith at Texas Southern University, and Willie D. Moore at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina.
Articles

Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

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

Recent Books of Interest to African American Scholars

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.
Grants and Gifts

Higher Education Gifts or Grants of Interest to African Americans

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.
Diversity

Indiana University Lecturer’s Contract Ends Following Lesson Linking “MAGA” to White Supremacy

During the fall 2025 semester, a student submitted an anonymous complaint against social work lecturer Jessica Adams after she displayed a graphic that listed President Trump's “Make America Great Again” slogan as an example of covert White supremacy.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Renee Monica McCoy, 1969-2026

Professor McCoy taught courses in accounting and decision sciences at historically Black Clark Atlanta University for two decades. She also served as faculty lead for the university's minor program in business analytics.
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