This study examines the progress of Black Studies at public universities toward incorporation into mainstream higher education following the academic scandal at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2011–2014). Drawing upon data from Black Studies websites at 196 flagship and other predominantly white institutions across the 50 US states, and other sources, findings reveal that (1) the formal identification most frequently found for Black Studies academic units is either “Africana” or “African American” Studies; (2) conformity with the original core curriculum model of the National Council for Black Studies across the four levels of the model is uneven; (3) reaching departmental status for Black Studies, as an indicator of incorporation into the mainstream, is highest in the East and lowest in the South; and (4) the strongest predictors of mainstream incorporation are being located in the East and the number of Blacks on an institution’s faculty. The need for a national certifying body for Black Studies academic units and other implications of the UNC scandal are discussed.

本研究调查了北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校（2011-2014 年）学术丑闻之后，公立大学黑人研究在融入主流高等教育方面的进展。根据来自美国 50 个州的 196 个旗舰机构和其他以白人为主的机构的黑人研究网站以及其他来源的数据，调查结果显示：(1) 黑人研究学术单位最常见的正式标识是“非洲人”或“非洲人”美国”研究；(2) 全国黑人研究委员会原有的核心课程模式在模式的四个层次上的符合程度参差不齐；(3)黑人研究达到院系地位，作为融入主流的一个指标，东部最高，南部最低；(4) 主流合并的最强预测因素是位于东部和机构教职员工中的黑人人数。讨论了黑人研究学术单位的国家认证机构的必要性以及 UNC 丑闻的其他影响。