I have recently stumbled upon a blog whose author wrote a dissertation titled The Over-Education of the Negro: Higher Education, Academic Novels, and the Black Intellectual. His blogging and some posts are of interest:
– On black academic fiction (bibliography)
– On academic criticism (bibliography)
– On academic films:
http://lavelleporter.com/2010/06/18/the-university-on-screen-the-top-10-academic-films-2/
http://lavelleporter.com/2010/08/19/10-more-academic-films-2/
– On individual novels:
http://lavelleporter.com/2013/02/17/academic-novel-imperium-in-imperio/
http://lavelleporter.com/2011/05/05/pym/
http://lavelleporter.com/2010/12/29/japanese-by-spring/
http://lavelleporter.com/2010/08/18/stoner-by-john-williams/