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While West taught the introductory course Af-Am 10, “Introduction to Afro-American Studies,” the class saw enrollments of 584 in the 2001 and 316 in 1999. Today, the course enrollment has plummeted to 17 students under the auspices of Professor of Government Michael C. Dawson and Professor of African and African American Studies Evelynn M. Hammonds...
...Af-Am 10 is not the only course that has seen a drop in enrollment...
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...12th article “Af-Am 10 Enrollment Plummets After Spike,” focuses solely on Prof. Cornel West’s departure as the major reason for the decline in class enrollment. While Professor West was certainly an engaging and popular figure that drew a number of students to class through his reputation and rhetorical ability, the issue of Af-Am 10 losing its placement as a Core requirement cannot be ignored. Harvard showed tremendous support to the mission of the department and African and African-American Studies in general by placing it within the core...
...University President Lawrence H. Summers and Harvard College are as committed to exposing students to an intellectually and culturally diverse curriculum as they claim to be, then all efforts will be made to return Af-Am 10 or another class in the Af-Am Department to the Core shortly. I am sure you will then see the enrollment figures increase substantially and exponentially, as students learn that professors Michael Dawson and Evelyn Hammonds are two of the most brilliant, universally acclaimed and engaging scholars in their respective fields...