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Thus, the department will continue to lag far behind student interest in areas such as modern American literature and Victorian literature. Although its problems are of a slightly different nature, Afro-American Studies also suffers at the hand of the tenure system. Its inability to attract faculty members has resulted in a situation in which no courses will be taught this fall by members of the department...
Herron, who said she came to Harvard because she believed the Afro-American Studies Department needed assistance, said she accepted a tenure offer from Mount Holyoke College because the University did not give her the encouragement she needed to pursue her fiction writing...
...panel discussion, which featured Roderick J. Harrison '70-'71, assistant professor of Afro-American studies and sociology, and Caroliva Herron, assistant professor of Afro-American studies and comparative literature, was sponsored by the Minority Student Alliance...
...interesting to hear [Dean of the Faculty A. Michael] Spence on his perception of this University 10 to 20 years from now regarding this worldwide expansion, and then to come here and see the need to have more representation of Afro-American professors on the faculty," said Laval S. Wilson, a junior parent and the outgoing superintendent of Boston schools. "I think these issues are critical for staff representation," he added...
Rejuvenating Afro-Am after years of relative stagnation will not be an easy task. But Harvard has finally recognized the magnitude of the problem and has made a long overdue move to start solving...