Monthly Archives: March 2012
New Department of Education Report Documents Huge Racial Disparities in School Discipline
Among the most startling figures is that Black students, who made up 18 percent of the students in the 72,000 public schools surveyed, were 35 percent of all students who were suspended from school once.
Huge Digital Archive of African American History Now Available Online
The database established by Johns Hopkins University contains photographs and documents from the "morgue" files of the Afro-American newspaper.
Black Students Taking More AP Tests, But the Racial Scoring Gap Persists
In 2011, Blacks were 14.7 percent of high school graduates, took 7.2 percent of AP tests, and were 4.1 percent of those who passed AP examinations.
Notre Dame Discontinues Fellowship Program for Black Doctoral Candidates
Over the past 11 years, 47 Erskine Peters Fellows have spent a year at Notre Dame while they finished work on their dissertations. The fellowships carried a stipend of $30,000 plus a $2,000 research budget.
Blacks Get a Small Share of Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship Dollars
Blacks are 16.5 percent of regular HOPE recipients and only 3.8 percent of the more exclusive and lucrative Zell Miller Scholarships.
University of Arkansas Provides Online Record of an Early Black Student Group on Campus
The two collections relate to the organization Black Americans for Democracy, a student group at the university during the late 1960s through the 1970s.
A Wide Range of Black Enrollments at CalState University Campuses
There are more than 21,000 African American students enrolled at the 23 campuses of California State University. They make up 5 percent of the total enrollments.
Where Do College Students Stand on the Issue of Affirmative Action?
With the Supreme Court agreeing to hear a case on the race-sensitive admissions program at the University of Texas, it appears that there is a wide variety of opinions on the subject among college students.
The Gender Gap in African American Degree Attainments
Black women hold a slight overall lead over Black men but the gender gap is much larger if we look only at younger Black women and younger Black men.
Do Pay-for-Grades Programs Work for African American High School Students?
Research by C. Kiradbo Jackson of Northwestern University shows that students in these programs are more likely to succeed in college and in the job market.
Racial Differences in School Safety Indicators
Schools where students feel safe, are not bullied, and are not subjected daily to intimidation, violence, and drugs are schools that will be more conducive to learning and preparing students for college.
Founder of Bethune-Cookman University Inducted Into the Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame
Mary McLeod Bethune is one of the first three Floridians inducted into the new Hall of Fame at the State Capitol.
Howard University Joins Consortium That Will Train Nursing Students and Faculty in Rwanda
Mary H. Hill, dean of the College of Nursing and Allied Health at Howard, recently traveled to Rwanda to help plan the training program.
Coppin State President Confronts His Critics
Reginald Avery held a town hall meeting on campus to allow students, faculty, and staff to air their grievances and to open the lines of communication at the university.
The New Dean of the Business School at the University of Arkansas
Eli Jones is currently dean of the E.J. Curso College of Business at Louisiana State University.
King Davis Selected as Founding Director of a New Institute at the University of Texas
A professor in the university's School of Social Work, he will lead the new Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis.
Higher Education Grants of Interest to African-Americans
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.
Edward Hill Named Dean of the College of Education at Fort Valley State University
He was an assistant professor of special education and educational leadership at the College of Education at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville.
Three Black Women Scholars Win Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Barbara White of the University of Texas, Treva Lindsey of the University of Missouri, and Lonieta Cornwall of Shaw University.
A Trio of New Administrative Appointments
Damon Williams of the University of Wisconsin, Rose Obunaga of Stephens College, and Valerie Lee of Ohio State University are all assuming new roles.
The First Black President of Frederick Community College
Since 2005, Frederico Talley has served as vice president and dean of the Leonardtown campus of the College of Southern Maryland.
The Next President of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Currently, Juliette B. Bell is provost and vice president for academic affairs at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. She will assume her new post on July 1.
Recent Books That May Be 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. Here are the latest selections.
Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers
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.
New Center on Race and Democracy Debuts at Tufts University
The founding director of the new center at Tufts is Peniel E. Joseph, a professor of history at the university.
President of South Carolina State University Announces His Resignation
George W. Cooper will leave his post at the end of March. The campus has been embroiled in controversy for the past several weeks after Dr. Cooper fired eight administrators.
The National Hockey League to Offer Scholarships to HBCUs
The National Hockey League is teaming up with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
Xavier University in New Orleans Produces a New Mace
Ensconced in the mace's crown is a relic of clothing from Katherine Drexel, the founder of the university who was canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in 2000.
Delaware State University Converts a Bus Into a Mobile Classroom
The new Mobile Entrepreneurial Training Program will use a converted university bus to take business and agriculture-related education to rural areas of Lower Delaware.
Major Academic Restructuring Approved at North Carolina Central University
Bachelor's degree programs in sociology, public administration, French, and art with a concentration in teacher education will be eliminated. The master's degree program in sociology will also be phased out.
Large Differences Among the States in the Racial Gap in Life Expectancy
An analysis of life expectancy data led by researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles found the largest racial gap in Washington, D.C. The racial gap was the smallest in New Mexico.
Study Finds That Obama’s Election Changed Black College Students’ Perceptions of Racial Identity
The study examined the importance of race to a person's self-concept, whether or not they felt good about being part of their racial group, and on how they perceived their racial group is regarded by the society at large.
University of Arkansas Little Rock to Debut a New Academic Program on Race and Ethnicity
Students in the new minor degree program scheduled to begin this fall will take two required courses and six electives.
“Civil Rights in a Northern City:” Temple University Debuts New Online Archive
The online collection includes more than 1,500 items including newsreel footage of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that previously has not publicly available.
The New Leader of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University
For 27 years, Howard Dodson was the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem.
Professor Dollye Robinson Honored for 60 Years of Service to Jackson State University
The university has bestowed the title of dean emerita on Dr. Robinson who first joined the music department faculty in 1952.
