Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

magazineFrom time to time, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links presented direct the reader to articles from many different points of view that deal with issues of African Americans in higher education. The articles selected do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board of JBHE.

We invite subscribers to e-mail us or tweet @jbhedotcom with suggestions of articles for inclusion in this feature.

Why I No Longer Eat Watermelon, Or How a Racist Email Caused Me to Leave Graduate School
int / med

Historically Black Colleges and Universities: The Pros and Cons
Black Engineer

UC Berkeley’s Persistent Lack of Faculty Diversity Prompts Efforts to Address Issue
The Daily Californian

Black College Funds Drops Charter for Southern University New Orleans Middle School
The Times-Picayune

Play Traces 50 Years of the African American Experience at the University of Florida
UF News

Bethune Cookman President: Nursing Program Improving
The Daytona Beach News-Journal

Thurgood Marshall College Fund Continues Partnership With United Airlines
MarketWatch

An Uneasy Truce as Florida A&M Board of Trustees Mulls Concerns About President’s Leadership Style
The Florida Times-Union

Leah Merrifield Has Had Many Titles But One Mission: To Make Washington University a More Welcoming Place
Washington University Newsroom

More Than Half of Africa’s Leading Research Universities Are in South Africa
Quartz

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