Category : Education

Four Black Women Among This Year’s 32 Rhodes Scholars From the U.S.

Recently, the Rhodes Trust announced the 32 American winners of Rhodes Scholarships for graduate study at Oxford University in England. Rhodes Scholarships provide all expenses for two or three years of study at the University of Oxford in England an...

Online Articles That May Be of Interest to JBHE Readers

Each week, 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 A...

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. The opinions expressed in these...

University of Memphis Creates Two Funds to Honor Frances and Benjamin Hooks

The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis has created two endowed funds which will enable the Institute to further the work of social change championed by Benjamin L. Hooks and his wife Frances Dancy Hooks, two st...

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 Center of Excellence for Learning Sciences at historically Black Tennesse...

White Student Gives Racist Rant on “Open Mic” Night at Bryant University in Rhode Island

A White student at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island, participated in a stand-up comedy performance as part of an “open mic night” sponsored by the university’s radio station. A video of segments of the routine was poste...

New Scholarships at the University of Pennsylvania Seek to Boost Diversity in City Planning

The department of city and regional planning in the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania has established the Moelis Scholars program that is open to African American and Latinx students who are thinking about pursuing careers i...

Penn State’s Program to Increase Black Doctoral Students in STEM Meets With Success

The Millennium Scholars program at Pennsylvania State University supports a diverse group of undergraduate students striving to succeed in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Millennium Scholars receive financial, academi...

Organization Rates Major Medical Schools on Efforts to Promote Racial Equality

The organization White Coasts for Black Lives is a medical student-run organization formed to dismantle racism in medicine and promote the health, well-being, and self-determination of people of color. Its three main goals are to: * Foster dialogue o...

Roland Mitchell Named Dean of the College of Human Sciences and Education at LSU

Roland Mitchell has been appointed dean of the College of Human Sciences and Education at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He will begin his new duties on December 6. Dr. Mitchell is the E.B “Ted” Robert Endowed Professor and has been servi...

George Washington University Study Finds a Major Racial Gap in Financial Literacy

A new report from the Global Finance Literacy Excellence Center in the School of Business at George Washington University and the TIAA Institute found a large racial gap between White and Black adults in the United States in financial literacy. The t...

University of North Carolina Gives Silent Sam to the Sons of Confederate Veterans

As students were leaving campus for the Thanksgiving holiday, the University of North Carolina System announced what is sure to be a controversial decision regarding the future of Silent Sam, the statue of a Confederate soldier that had stood at the...

Sub-Saharan African Nations Sending the Most Scholars to Teach at U.S. Colleges and Universities

The Institute for International Education’s new Open Doors report finds that in the 2015-16 academic year, there were 134,014 foreign scholars teaching at American colleges and universities. The number of foreign scholars was up 7.3 percent from the...

The New Provost at Holy Names University in Oakland, California

Sheila Smith McKoy is the new provost and vice president for academic affairs at Holy Names University in Oakland, California. Holy Names University was founded in 1868 by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. If offers 15 bachelor’s...

Good News! Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Will Retain its Accreditation

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education announced that historically Black Cheyney University of Pennsylvania will retain its status as an accredited educational institution. The commission is requiring the university to file further reports...