Center for African American Research and Policy

The Center for African American Research and Policy's mission is to engage in scholarly research in order to advance critical discourse and promote informed decisions as it pertains to policy issues confronting African Americans in both the academy and the society at-large. The breadth and depth of research and policy-oriented projects encompasses the full tapestry of the "African American Predicament" and reflects the wide diversity of academic backgrounds of the affiliated researchers at the Center and Brothers of the Academy Institute members.

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White Men Can't Help It
Sociologist William T. Bielby is the leading courtroom proponent of a simple but powerful theory: "unconscious bias." He contends that white men will inevitably slight women and minorities because they just can't help themselves.

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Diversity and the Ph.D.
A recent report by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation indicates that while the numbers have been increasing, still only a small fraction of doctoral degrees go to Blacks or Hispanics.