The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

Eric Wilcots to Lead the University of Wisconsin-Madison

A faculty member since 1995, Dr. Wilcots currently serves as dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's College of Letters & Science. He is slated to become the institution's interim president on May 17.

Kenneth Alexander Named Interim President of Richard Bland College in Virginia

Breaking News
Since 2016, Dr. Alexander has served as mayor of the City of Norfolk, Virginia. Last year, he took on additional responsibilities as vice chancellor for strategic partnerships for the Virginia Community College System

Sharon Oliver to Lead the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

Breaking News
Dr. Oliver currently serves as associate vice chancellor for enrollment management at North Carolina Central University, where she oversees all aspects of the HBCU's enrollment strategy and financial aid administration.

Julius Edwards Named President of Eastern Maine Community College

Breaking News
Dr. Edwards has been serving as vice chancellor of academic affairs at Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana. He is slated to become the new president of Eastern Maine Community College on April 1.

Research & Studies

College-Educated Black Women Experienced the Largest Employment Losses in 2025

In 2025, Black women with a bachelor's degree as their highest level of education experienced a 3.5 percent drop in their employment rate, largely due to sweeping federal layoffs and buyouts over the past year.

Black Faculty Are Twice as Likely to Be Adjuncts Than Tenure-Track Professors

Black faculty represent 5 percent of tenure-track faculty, but 10 percent of adjuncts, who make significantly less money and receive fewer benefits.

Study Finds Older Black Adults Spend Fewer Years Married and More Time Living Alone

Racial Gap
“These disparities are important because later-life living situations shape people’s social and financial security, and policies intended to support older Americans are often structured around traditional assumptions about marriage that most closely fit the experiences of White Americans," said senior author Emma Zang of Yale University.

New Report Analyzes Post-Affirmative Action Enrollment Outcomes at Over Three Thousand U.S. Institutions

Enrollments
A new report from the grass-roots organization Class Action has analyzed federal data from 2024 regarding 3,000 colleges and universities compared to similar information from 2022 and 2023 to determine the immediate impact of the Supreme Court's 2023 decision to end affirmative action.

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Racial Gap

College-Educated Black Women Experienced the Largest Employment Losses in 2025

In 2025, Black women with a bachelor's degree as their highest level of education experienced a 3.5 percent drop in their employment rate, largely due to sweeping federal layoffs and buyouts over the past year.
Breaking News

Eric Wilcots to Lead the University of Wisconsin-Madison

A faculty member since 1995, Dr. Wilcots currently serves as dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's College of Letters & Science. He is slated to become the institution's interim president on May 17.
Faculty

Black Faculty Are Twice as Likely to Be Adjuncts Than Tenure-Track Professors

Black faculty represent 5 percent of tenure-track faculty, but 10 percent of adjuncts, who make significantly less money and receive fewer benefits.
Breaking News

Kenneth Alexander Named Interim President of Richard Bland College in Virginia

Since 2016, Dr. Alexander has served as mayor of the City of Norfolk, Virginia. Last year, he took on additional responsibilities as vice chancellor for strategic partnerships for the Virginia Community College System
Racial Gap

Study Finds Older Black Adults Spend Fewer Years Married and More Time Living Alone

“These disparities are important because later-life living situations shape people’s social and financial security, and policies intended to support older Americans are often structured around traditional assumptions about marriage that most closely fit the experiences of White Americans," said senior author Emma Zang of Yale University.
Breaking News

Sharon Oliver to Lead the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

Dr. Oliver currently serves as associate vice chancellor for enrollment management at North Carolina Central University, where she oversees all aspects of the HBCU's enrollment strategy and financial aid administration.
HBCUs

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Joins Statewide Initiative in Inclusive Postsecondary Education

Alongside Arkansas State University-Jonesboro and Arkansas State University-Mountain Home, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is participating in a statewide initiative to expand postsecondary opportunities for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Appointments & Awards

Three Black Scholars Who Are Taking on New Roles in Academia

Kaakpema Yelpaala is faculty director of the Future of Health Innovation Hub at the Yale School of Public Health. Karen Keaton Jackson of North Carolina Central University and Mopelola Adeola of Purdue University are taking on leadership roles with the Southern Regional Honors Council and the Midwest Nursing Research Society, respectively.
Foreign Studies

Voorhees University Partners With Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Kenya

Going forward, the two partnering institutions plan to collaborate on academic staff training, faculty and student exchanges, online courses, internships, and research opportunities in a myriad of STEM fields.
African-American History

The University of Massachusetts Amherst Renames Series of Awards to Honor John H. Bracey Jr.

Professor Bracey taught in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at UMass Amherst for over 50 years. In recognition of his legacy, the university has renamed its Chancellor's Leadership Awards to the Professor John H. Bracey Jr. Leadership Awards, which honor students, faculty, and staff who foster a more equitable and inclusive campus community.
HBCUs

Central State University in Ohio Launches New Student Writing Center

Faculty and staff at historically Black Central State University in Ohio have created a new Writing Center to provide students with consistent writing help from peer tutors and faculty members.
Appointments & Awards

Six Black Administrators Appointed to New Roles at HBCUs

The appointments are Ashley Conner at Edward Waters University, Erin Wiggins Gilliam at Albany State University, Aristide J. Collins Jr. at Howard University, Jalen R. Baker at Livingstone College, Leslie D. Rose at Xavier University of Louisiana, and Marc DeWitt at Central State University.
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.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Clarence Christian, 1944-2026

Throughout his career, Dr. Christian taught at numerous institutions, including his undergraduate alma mater LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, Mississippi State University, and Rhodes College, where he was the institution's first Black professor.
Features

Beyond Demographics: How Data and Strategic Philanthropy Are Redefining HBCU Value

The opportunity ahead is to create a future where investment in all HBCUs consistently reflects the substantial returns they deliver to students, communities, and the nation.
Black Studies

University of Colorado to Invest Two Million Dollars in Its Center for African & African American Studies

In honor of its fifth anniversary, the Center for African & African American Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder has received a $2 million, five-year investment from the University of Colorado System.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Angella Dorothea Ferguson, 1925-2026

Dr. Ferguson was a professor of pediatrics at Howard University in Washington, D.C. for nearly four decades. In addition to her work as an administrator for the College of Medicine, she studied the growth and development of children, with a particular focus on sick cell anemia.
Enrollments

New Report Analyzes Post-Affirmative Action Enrollment Outcomes at Over Three Thousand U.S. Institutions

A new report from the grass-roots organization Class Action has analyzed federal data from 2024 regarding 3,000 colleges and universities compared to similar information from 2022 and 2023 to determine the immediate impact of the Supreme Court's 2023 decision to end affirmative action.
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.
Breaking News

Julius Edwards Named President of Eastern Maine Community College

Dr. Edwards has been serving as vice chancellor of academic affairs at Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana. He is slated to become the new president of Eastern Maine Community College on April 1.
Research & Studies

Pew Research Center Reports on the Growing Black Population in the United States

Since 2000, the number of Black people living in the United States has increased by 36 percent, up from 36.2 million to 49.2 million in 2024.
Breaking News

Olympia Ross Duhart Appointed Dean of Nova Southeastern University’s Law School

Duhart has been a faculty member with the Shepard Broad College of Law at Nova Southeastern University in Florida for over two decades. An expert in legal writing, Duhart recently completed a second term as co-president of the Society of American Law Teachers.
Research & Studies

Black and Latino Teens Are More Likely Than Their Peers to Identify Online Racial Misinformation

“This work reveals that adolescents of color are already engaging in sophisticated forms of digital literacy,” said Avriel Epps of the University of California, Riverside. “They have developed these critical skills in many cases from their lived experiences navigating online racism, not necessarily from school-based instruction.”
Breaking News

Crystal Burns Is the Inaugural Executive Director of the Tri County HBCU Alliance

The Tri County HBCU Alliance serves students, families, and alumni of historically Black colleges and universities in Chester, Lancester, and York Counties of South Carolina. An alumna and former member of the board of visitors at Virginia State University, Crystal Burns is the alliance's inaugural strategic leader.
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Racial Gap

College-Educated Black Women Experienced the Largest Employment Losses in 2025

In 2025, Black women with a bachelor's degree as their highest level of education experienced a 3.5 percent drop in their employment rate, largely due to sweeping federal layoffs and buyouts over the past year.
Breaking News

Eric Wilcots to Lead the University of Wisconsin-Madison

A faculty member since 1995, Dr. Wilcots currently serves as dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's College of Letters & Science. He is slated to become the institution's interim president on May 17.
Faculty

Black Faculty Are Twice as Likely to Be Adjuncts Than Tenure-Track Professors

Black faculty represent 5 percent of tenure-track faculty, but 10 percent of adjuncts, who make significantly less money and receive fewer benefits.
Breaking News

Kenneth Alexander Named Interim President of Richard Bland College in Virginia

Since 2016, Dr. Alexander has served as mayor of the City of Norfolk, Virginia. Last year, he took on additional responsibilities as vice chancellor for strategic partnerships for the Virginia Community College System
Racial Gap

Study Finds Older Black Adults Spend Fewer Years Married and More Time Living Alone

“These disparities are important because later-life living situations shape people’s social and financial security, and policies intended to support older Americans are often structured around traditional assumptions about marriage that most closely fit the experiences of White Americans," said senior author Emma Zang of Yale University.
Breaking News

Sharon Oliver to Lead the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

Dr. Oliver currently serves as associate vice chancellor for enrollment management at North Carolina Central University, where she oversees all aspects of the HBCU's enrollment strategy and financial aid administration.
HBCUs

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Joins Statewide Initiative in Inclusive Postsecondary Education

Alongside Arkansas State University-Jonesboro and Arkansas State University-Mountain Home, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is participating in a statewide initiative to expand postsecondary opportunities for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Appointments & Awards

Three Black Scholars Who Are Taking on New Roles in Academia

Kaakpema Yelpaala is faculty director of the Future of Health Innovation Hub at the Yale School of Public Health. Karen Keaton Jackson of North Carolina Central University and Mopelola Adeola of Purdue University are taking on leadership roles with the Southern Regional Honors Council and the Midwest Nursing Research Society, respectively.
Foreign Studies

Voorhees University Partners With Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Kenya

Going forward, the two partnering institutions plan to collaborate on academic staff training, faculty and student exchanges, online courses, internships, and research opportunities in a myriad of STEM fields.
African-American History

The University of Massachusetts Amherst Renames Series of Awards to Honor John H. Bracey Jr.

Professor Bracey taught in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at UMass Amherst for over 50 years. In recognition of his legacy, the university has renamed its Chancellor's Leadership Awards to the Professor John H. Bracey Jr. Leadership Awards, which honor students, faculty, and staff who foster a more equitable and inclusive campus community.
HBCUs

Central State University in Ohio Launches New Student Writing Center

Faculty and staff at historically Black Central State University in Ohio have created a new Writing Center to provide students with consistent writing help from peer tutors and faculty members.
Appointments & Awards

Six Black Administrators Appointed to New Roles at HBCUs

The appointments are Ashley Conner at Edward Waters University, Erin Wiggins Gilliam at Albany State University, Aristide J. Collins Jr. at Howard University, Jalen R. Baker at Livingstone College, Leslie D. Rose at Xavier University of Louisiana, and Marc DeWitt at Central State University.
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.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Clarence Christian, 1944-2026

Throughout his career, Dr. Christian taught at numerous institutions, including his undergraduate alma mater LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, Mississippi State University, and Rhodes College, where he was the institution's first Black professor.
Features

Beyond Demographics: How Data and Strategic Philanthropy Are Redefining HBCU Value

The opportunity ahead is to create a future where investment in all HBCUs consistently reflects the substantial returns they deliver to students, communities, and the nation.
Black Studies

University of Colorado to Invest Two Million Dollars in Its Center for African & African American Studies

In honor of its fifth anniversary, the Center for African & African American Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder has received a $2 million, five-year investment from the University of Colorado System.
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Angella Dorothea Ferguson, 1925-2026

Dr. Ferguson was a professor of pediatrics at Howard University in Washington, D.C. for nearly four decades. In addition to her work as an administrator for the College of Medicine, she studied the growth and development of children, with a particular focus on sick cell anemia.
Enrollments

New Report Analyzes Post-Affirmative Action Enrollment Outcomes at Over Three Thousand U.S. Institutions

A new report from the grass-roots organization Class Action has analyzed federal data from 2024 regarding 3,000 colleges and universities compared to similar information from 2022 and 2023 to determine the immediate impact of the Supreme Court's 2023 decision to end affirmative action.
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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Breaking News

Eric Wilcots to Lead the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Breaking News
A faculty member since 1995, Dr. Wilcots currently serves as dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's College of Letters & Science. He is slated to become the institution's interim president on May 17.

Kenneth Alexander Named Interim President of Richard Bland College in Virginia

Breaking News
Since 2016, Dr. Alexander has served as mayor of the City of Norfolk, Virginia. Last year, he took on additional responsibilities as vice chancellor for strategic partnerships for the Virginia Community College System

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