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Thomas Jinnings: The First Black Student at Harvard?
by John K. Bollard and Catrin Lloyd-Bollard Harvard University recently announced its decision to devote $100 million to redress the university’s ties to slavery and its legacy. This initiative brings...
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Emerging Paradigms for HBCU Leadership: Reflections of a New Provost
by S. Keith Hargrove Just as higher education has been transformed due to COVID-19 regarding pedagogies and how students learn, so have the roles and responsibilities of instructors, faculty, and...
View ArticleEffective Coping Methods for Black Educators and Students Exposed to Trauma
by Ayobami Adebayo and Daniel Laroche The continued murders of unarmed African Americans have been extremely traumatic for everyone including, Black educators and students. These traumatic events in...
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African Americans and Rhodes Scholarships
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...
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Traveling While Black: The HBCU Sports and Student Experience – In the Rear...
by Al-Tony Gilmore Dr. Al-Tony Gilmore, a Distinguished Historian Emeritus of the National Education Association, has researched, lectured, and published widely on the intersection of sports and...
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Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Research Universities
Once again, this year The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education has completed its survey of admissions offices at the nation’s highest-ranked research universities. For the 30th consecutive year, we...
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Black First-Year Students at the Nation’s Leading Liberal Arts Colleges
For the past 29 years, JBHE has collected Black student admissions data from the highest-ranked liberal arts colleges. Over this long period, there have been 14 years when Amherst College in...
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We Must Protect This House: Guarding Black Women College Athletes
by Jewel Clark and Rachel Wilson Patterson Angel Reese For decades, Black women athletes have been subjected to the harsh and at times unforgiving gaze of White America. Our physical bodies,...
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The Widening Divide: HBCUs and the 2023 NFL Draft
by Al-Tony Gilmore During his short and celebrated tenure as head football coach at Jackson State University, Deion Sanders was unprecedented in introducing HBCU football and its issues to the major...
View ArticleStriking a Balance: Preserving the Essence and Embracing Diversity at HBCUs
by Mashref Hoque Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have long been important institutions in the United States, serving as beacons of hope and educational opportunities for Black...
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