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Tonjanita Johnson Appointed President of the Universities of Wisconsin

Since 2019, Dr. Johnson has been senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the University of Alabama System. She will begin her new role in January, overseeing Wisconsin's 13 public universities

Ronald A. Johnson to Lead Bluefield State University in West Virginia

Breaking News
Dr. Johnson comes to his new role with extensive senior leadership experience in higher education. He is a former president of Clark Atlanta University and a former interim president of Kentucky State University and Tennessee State University.

The Next President of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture

Breaking News
Travis E. Mitchell will become the new president of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture in November. Mitchell is a member of the foundation board and the board of visitors for the journalism school at Morgan State University in Baltimore, as well as the board of trustees for Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Xavier University of Louisiana’s New Medical School Receives Preliminary Accreditation

Breaking News
With this designation, the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine — the country's fifth medical school located at an HBCU — can begin recruiting students for its inaugural class of 2027.

Research & Studies

Racial Differences in the Age of Doctoral Degree Recipients in the United States

More than 23 percent of all Black Americsns who earned doctorates in 2025 were over the age of 45. For White Americans earning doctorates in 2025, only 8.7 percent were over the age of 45.

Study Examines How African Americans View Caregiving Responsibilities for Older Adults

A new study led by Nekehia Quashie, assistant professor of public health at the University of Rhode Island, examines how different African American age groups feel about the responsibility of supporting older adults.

The Universities That Awarded the Most Doctorates to African Americans From 2021 to 2025

Degree Attainments
Walden University, headquartered in Minneapolis but conducts most of its business online, awarded 1,476 doctorates to African Americans from 2021 to 2025. This was 10.8 percent of all doctorates awarded to Black Americans during the five-year period.

How Eligibility Requirements Limit Black Families’ Access to the Child Tax Credit

Research & Studies
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” enacted new eligibility requirements and earnings-based restrictions on the Child Tax Credit. According to a new analysis from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, these legislative changes limit access to critical financial support for Black families and caregivers.

Study Finds Persistent Racial Bias in Historic “Sundown Towns”

Racism
“This growing area of research has shown that biased people build biased institutions, enact biased laws, and create cultures of bias,” said author Jimmy Calanchini. “Those structural forces persist long after the people who built them are gone. They continue to shape the biases of people who live and work in them, and also attract more biased people to those places, which further perpetuates the cycle of bias in places.”

Black Law School Graduates of the Class of 2025 Reported the Lowest Rate of Employment

Racial Gap
Among law school graduates of the Class of 2025, Black graduates were the least likely racial group to secure employment. They were also significantly less likely than their peers to secure a bar admission required/anticipated position.

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“We are not simply opening the doors of a new medical school; we are expanding who will have the opportunity to become a physician.”

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Tonjanita Johnson Appointed President of the Universities of Wisconsin

Since 2019, Dr. Johnson has been senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the University of Alabama System. She will begin her new role in January, overseeing Wisconsin's 13 public universities
Degree Attainments

Racial Differences in the Age of Doctoral Degree Recipients in the United States

More than 23 percent of all Black Americsns who earned doctorates in 2025 were over the age of 45. For White Americans earning doctorates in 2025, only 8.7 percent were over the age of 45.
Breaking News

Ronald A. Johnson to Lead Bluefield State University in West Virginia

Dr. Johnson comes to his new role with extensive senior leadership experience in higher education. He is a former president of Clark Atlanta University and a former interim president of Kentucky State University and Tennessee State University.
Research & Studies

Study Examines How African Americans View Caregiving Responsibilities for Older Adults

A new study led by Nekehia Quashie, assistant professor of public health at the University of Rhode Island, examines how different African American age groups feel about the responsibility of supporting older adults.
Breaking News

The Next President of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture

Travis E. Mitchell will become the new president of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture in November. Mitchell is a member of the foundation board and the board of visitors for the journalism school at Morgan State University in Baltimore, as well as the board of trustees for Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
HBCUs

Spelman College Opens New Cybersecurity Clinic

Funded by a $1 million grant from Google, the new clinic will provide cybersecurity services to local organizations. Students will participate in the clinic's operations, which will introduce them to real-world experiences in cybersecurity.
Appointments & Awards

Two Black Scientists Appointed Assistant Professors at Liberal Arts Colleges

Courtney Marshall is a new assistant professor of neuroscience at Haverford College in suburban Philadelphia. Akachukwu Obi is a new assistant professor of Integrated Sciences at Claremont McKenna College in California
HBCUs

North Carolina A&T State University Launches the Aggie Media Streaming App

Developed by NCA&T's department of journalism and mass communication, Aggie Media aims to increase the visibility of student and faculty work. The app features news, entertainment shows, documentaries, podcasts, radio station content, and more.
Appointments & Awards

Professor Cynthia Oliver Awarded for Her Career in Choreography

Cynthia Oliver has been a professor of dance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for more than 25 years. As a choreographer, she creates experimental dance-theater works that explore Blackness, feminism, Black masculinity, and Afro-Caribbean cultures.
HBCUs

Albany State University Creates New Pathway to Nursing Careers for Working Adults

Albany State University has partnered with Phoebe Putney Health System to provide a direct career pathway for students in the HBCU's associate of science in nursing evening-track program.
Appointments & Awards

Four African Americans Appointed to Administrative Roles at Universities

Adriel Hilton is senior advisor to the chancellor at Indiana University Northwest, and Jasmine Gurley is senior director of public relations at Howard University. Lauren D. Myers is chief human resources officer at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, and Damon L. Williams, Jr. is vice president of university relations and chief of staff to the president at Adler University.
African-American History

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.
Resignations

Charles R. Drew University’s Medical School Dean Announces Her Retirement

Deborah Prothrow Stith was recruited to CDU in 2016 with two key responsibilities; restart residency training in South Los Angeles and establish the HBCU's own independent medical school. She met both those expectations.
Enrollments

Less Than Five Percent of First-Year Students at the University of Virginia Are Black

Black students represent just 4.8 percent of the University of Virginia's Class of 2030. This is a notable decline from Black students' representation of 6.1 percent in the Class of 2029 and 8.2 percent in the Class of 2027.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: James Millette, 1933–2026

Dr. Millette, former dean at the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies, taught Caribbean, African, African American, and imperial history at Oberlin College in Ohio for nearly two decades.
Resignations

Polk State College Senior Vice President Reggie Webb Announces Retirement

Webb's career at Polk State began in 1990 as an academic advisor. Over the next three decades, he went on to hold several key leadership roles, ultimately serving as senior vice president for student services and campus operations.
African-American History

University of Delaware Launches the Leland Ware Special Collection on Civil Rights and Social Justice

Professor Ware, who passed away in April, was known for his scholarship on civil rights and civil liberties law, employment law, and constitutional law. A collection of his work is now on display at the University of Delaware Morris Library.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Nancy Duckrey Washington, 1939–2026

Dr. Washington taught psychology at the University of Pittsburgh for more than two decades. During her tenure, she helped to establish the university's Center for Minority Health.
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.
Degree Attainments

The Universities That Awarded the Most Doctorates to African Americans From 2021 to 2025

Walden University, headquartered in Minneapolis but conducts most of its business online, awarded 1,476 doctorates to African Americans from 2021 to 2025. This was 10.8 percent of all doctorates awarded to Black Americans during the five-year period.
Breaking News

Xavier University of Louisiana’s New Medical School Receives Preliminary Accreditation

With this designation, the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine — the country's fifth medical school located at an HBCU — can begin recruiting students for its inaugural class of 2027.
Research & Studies

How Eligibility Requirements Limit Black Families’ Access to the Child Tax Credit

The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” enacted new eligibility requirements and earnings-based restrictions on the Child Tax Credit. According to a new analysis from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, these legislative changes limit access to critical financial support for Black families and caregivers.
Breaking News

Two Black Americans Appointed to Dean Positions in Academia

Tina Jackson is dean of workforce education and public service at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas. Dennis J. Perkins Jr. is dean of students at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin
Racism

Study Finds Persistent Racial Bias in Historic “Sundown Towns”

“This growing area of research has shown that biased people build biased institutions, enact biased laws, and create cultures of bias,” said author Jimmy Calanchini. “Those structural forces persist long after the people who built them are gone. They continue to shape the biases of people who live and work in them, and also attract more biased people to those places, which further perpetuates the cycle of bias in places.”
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Breaking News

Tonjanita Johnson Appointed President of the Universities of Wisconsin

Since 2019, Dr. Johnson has been senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the University of Alabama System. She will begin her new role in January, overseeing Wisconsin's 13 public universities
Degree Attainments

Racial Differences in the Age of Doctoral Degree Recipients in the United States

More than 23 percent of all Black Americsns who earned doctorates in 2025 were over the age of 45. For White Americans earning doctorates in 2025, only 8.7 percent were over the age of 45.
Breaking News

Ronald A. Johnson to Lead Bluefield State University in West Virginia

Dr. Johnson comes to his new role with extensive senior leadership experience in higher education. He is a former president of Clark Atlanta University and a former interim president of Kentucky State University and Tennessee State University.
Research & Studies

Study Examines How African Americans View Caregiving Responsibilities for Older Adults

A new study led by Nekehia Quashie, assistant professor of public health at the University of Rhode Island, examines how different African American age groups feel about the responsibility of supporting older adults.
Breaking News

The Next President of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture

Travis E. Mitchell will become the new president of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture in November. Mitchell is a member of the foundation board and the board of visitors for the journalism school at Morgan State University in Baltimore, as well as the board of trustees for Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
HBCUs

Spelman College Opens New Cybersecurity Clinic

Funded by a $1 million grant from Google, the new clinic will provide cybersecurity services to local organizations. Students will participate in the clinic's operations, which will introduce them to real-world experiences in cybersecurity.
Appointments & Awards

Two Black Scientists Appointed Assistant Professors at Liberal Arts Colleges

Courtney Marshall is a new assistant professor of neuroscience at Haverford College in suburban Philadelphia. Akachukwu Obi is a new assistant professor of Integrated Sciences at Claremont McKenna College in California
HBCUs

North Carolina A&T State University Launches the Aggie Media Streaming App

Developed by NCA&T's department of journalism and mass communication, Aggie Media aims to increase the visibility of student and faculty work. The app features news, entertainment shows, documentaries, podcasts, radio station content, and more.
Appointments & Awards

Professor Cynthia Oliver Awarded for Her Career in Choreography

Cynthia Oliver has been a professor of dance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for more than 25 years. As a choreographer, she creates experimental dance-theater works that explore Blackness, feminism, Black masculinity, and Afro-Caribbean cultures.
HBCUs

Albany State University Creates New Pathway to Nursing Careers for Working Adults

Albany State University has partnered with Phoebe Putney Health System to provide a direct career pathway for students in the HBCU's associate of science in nursing evening-track program.
Appointments & Awards

Four African Americans Appointed to Administrative Roles at Universities

Adriel Hilton is senior advisor to the chancellor at Indiana University Northwest, and Jasmine Gurley is senior director of public relations at Howard University. Lauren D. Myers is chief human resources officer at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, and Damon L. Williams, Jr. is vice president of university relations and chief of staff to the president at Adler University.
African-American History

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.
Resignations

Charles R. Drew University’s Medical School Dean Announces Her Retirement

Deborah Prothrow Stith was recruited to CDU in 2016 with two key responsibilities; restart residency training in South Los Angeles and establish the HBCU's own independent medical school. She met both those expectations.
Enrollments

Less Than Five Percent of First-Year Students at the University of Virginia Are Black

Black students represent just 4.8 percent of the University of Virginia's Class of 2030. This is a notable decline from Black students' representation of 6.1 percent in the Class of 2029 and 8.2 percent in the Class of 2027.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: James Millette, 1933–2026

Dr. Millette, former dean at the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies, taught Caribbean, African, African American, and imperial history at Oberlin College in Ohio for nearly two decades.
Resignations

Polk State College Senior Vice President Reggie Webb Announces Retirement

Webb's career at Polk State began in 1990 as an academic advisor. Over the next three decades, he went on to hold several key leadership roles, ultimately serving as senior vice president for student services and campus operations.
African-American History

University of Delaware Launches the Leland Ware Special Collection on Civil Rights and Social Justice

Professor Ware, who passed away in April, was known for his scholarship on civil rights and civil liberties law, employment law, and constitutional law. A collection of his work is now on display at the University of Delaware Morris Library.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Nancy Duckrey Washington, 1939–2026

Dr. Washington taught psychology at the University of Pittsburgh for more than two decades. During her tenure, she helped to establish the university's Center for Minority Health.
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.
Load more

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