Monthly Archives: September 2018
Eleven African Americans in New Administrative Positions in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of African Americans who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
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.
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.
Consortium of College and University Journalists Looks at Hate Crimes in America
The 2018 investigation, conducted by students from 21 colleges and universities, analyzed the federal National Crime Victimization Survey and found more than 2.4 million cases of hate crimes from 2012 to 2016.
Morgan State University in Baltimore Adds a Married Couple to Its STEM Faculty
Willie S. Rockward has been appointed professor of physics and chair of the department of physics and engineering physics and Michelle L. Rockward has been appointed assistant to the chair and lecturer in the department of mathematics at Morgan State University.
George Washington University’s Efforts to Boost Diversity and a Sense of Inclusion
George Washington University in Washington, D.C., has recently launched efforts aimed at increasing diversity and to create a welcoming environment on campus for all students, faculty, and staff. In a city that is 49 percent Black, the undergraduate student body at George Washington University is only 7 percent Black.
Higher Education Grants or Gifts 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.
The First Cohort of Obama Foundation Scholars Comes to the University of Chicago
This class is made up of 25 emerging leaders from around the globe who are committed to finding practical solutions to global challenges such as climate change, education, and government transparency.
A Mural With Stereotypical Images of Blacks Is Once Again on View at the University of Kentucky
But the university has balanced the images from its past with new artwork showing the silhouettes and portraits of three African Americans important to the state’s history.
Virginia Commonwealth University Educates Social Work Students on Richmond’s Racial History
This event aimed to teach the university's social work students and others in the social work field about Richmond's history with racial discrimination and its effects which still linger today.
The National Park Service Funds Restoration Projects at 18 HBCUs
Eighteen historically Black Colleges and Universities have been awarded grants totaling $8.6 million from the National Park Service to support the preservation of significant historical structures on their campuses.
Study Finds Racial Bias Directed Against Women Basketball Players at HBCUs
The study examined personal foul data from 333 Division I women’s basketball teams that played every season from 2008 to 2017, 23 of which were from HBCUs. The top five most penalized teams were HBCUs, and eight out of the top fifteen teams were HBCUs.
Gloria Gibson to Be Inaugurated as the Seventh President of Northeastern Illinois University
Before being named president at Northeastern Illinois University, Dr. Gibson was senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Earlier, she was a professor of communication and executive vice president and provost at the University of Northern Iowa.
University Research Finds the Racial Wealth Gap Grows in Areas Where Natural Disasters Occur
During the 1999-to-2013 period, Whites who lived in counties with $10 billion or more in damages from natural disasters gained $126,000 in wealth, while Blacks who lived in similar counties, lost $27,000.
Two African American Women Named Fellows of the American Chemical Society
Amanda Bryant-Friedrich is the dean of College of Graduate Studies at the University of Toledo in Ohio and Malika Jeffries-EL is an associate professor in the chemistry department at Boston University.
University of Pittsburgh Study Finds Huge Racial Gap in K-12 School Suspensions
The research showed that Black students are suspended seven times as often as non-Black students at schools in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Suburban districts tended to have some of the highest racial differences in school suspensions.
Penn State’s Michael Adewumi Appointed to Leadership Post at IES Abroad
Dr. Adewumi, currently vice provost for global programs at Pennsylvania State University, will lead all of the not-for-profit's more than 360 academic programs, offered at more than 30 locations around the world, for more than 9,000 students a year.
