Monthly Archives: April 2022
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.
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.
Gregory Vincent Appointed President of Talladega College in Alabama
Dr. Vincent is the former president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York Previously, he was the W.K. Kellogg Professor of Community College Leadership, professor of law, and vice president for diversity and community engagement at the University of Texas at Austin.
Major Increase in Black First-Year Enrollments in U.S. Medical Schools
The number of Black or African American first-year students at U.S. medical schools n 2021 increased by 21.0 percent, to 2,562. Black or African American students made up 11.3 percent of first-year students in 2021, up from 9.5 percent in 2020.
Bill Pink Chosen as the Next President of Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan
Dr. Pink has been serving as president of Grand Rapids Community College since May 2017. Earlier, he was vice president and dean at the college. Dr. Pink is scheduled to become the nineteenth president of Ferris State University on July 1.
New Report Shows Diversity Efforts in High-Tech in Academia and the Workforce Have Stalled
Despite comprising 15 percent of the K-12 student population, Blacks make up just 6 percent of students taking advanced placement computer science courses. In 2020, only 8 percent of bachelor's degrees conferred in computer science were earned by Black graduates, a decrease since 2016.
A Trio of Black Scholars Appointed to Positions as Deans
Ronald Aubert has been appointed interim dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. Richard J. Reddick was appointed dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and Sharon Porterfield was appointed dean of the College of Education at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Study Examines Racism Faced by Faculty of Color in Teacher Education Programs
A new study by scholars at the University of California, Riverside and San Jose State University examines the experiences of faculty of color in teacher education programs who were hired specifically to teach race and racism within programs that, nonetheless, prioritized whiteness and the needs of White student teachers.
Frederick Community College in Maryland Has Chosen Annessa Cheek as Its Next President
Dr. Cheek has served as president of St. Cloud Technical and Community College in Minnesota since 2018. From 2014 to 2018, she was vice president of school and community partnerships at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. She had been on the staff at that college since 2006.
Howard University Announces $785 Million Program to Upgrade Academic Facilities
Historically Black Howard University in Washington, D.C., announced plans for the largest construction real estate initiative in the institution’s history. The university will invest $785 million to build three new state-of-the-art multidisciplinary academic halls and renovate several existing structures.
Three Black Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Positions
Wunyabari Maloba was appointed to an endowed professorship at the University of Delaware. Phillis Isabella Sheppard was named faculty director of the James Lawson Institute for the Research and Study of Nonviolent Movements at Vanderbilt University, and Ama Baafra Abeberese was promoted to associate professor of economics and granted tenure at Wellesley College.
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to Offer Two New Master’s Degree Programs
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff has announced that new graduate degree programs in agricultural regulations and aquaculture and fisheries will be offered in the fall semester in the School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences at the historically Black university.
Brown University’s Glenn Loury Wins the $250,000 Bradley Prize
Glenn Loury is a professor of social sciences, economics, and international and public affairs at Brown University. The Bradley Prize is given to notable leaders whose accomplishments reflect the Bradley Foundation’s mission to restore, strengthen and protect the principles and institutions of American exceptionalism.
Southern University Unveils Its New Mobile Health Unit to Serve Low-Income Communities
The School of Nursing at historically Black Southern University in Louisiana has unveiled the Jag Mobile, its state-of-the-art custom mobile health unit that will provide services to medically underserved communities within a 50-mile radius of the Baton Rouge campus.
Six African Americans Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Posts at Universities
Taking on new administrative roles are Darryl Gardner at Wayne State University in Detroit, Tameka Bradley Hobbs at Edward Waters University in Jacksonville, Louis Perkins at North Carolina Central University, Satasha Green-Stephen at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Shanna Parker at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and Herman Horton at Jackson State University.
In Memoriam: John L. Newman, 1948-2022
In 1990, Newman acquired a full-time teaching position at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville where he remained until he retired as professor emeritus in 2013. Newman presented his artwork in numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout the United States, in Jamaica, and Macedonia.
