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...Anthony Appiah, a leading member of the Afro-American studies department, turns in his resignation to University officials and announces he will leave Harvard for Princeton next fall, raising concerns that other stars of the department will follow his lead. Appiah cites personal reasons for his departure...
Four stars—West, Appiah, Anne-Marie Slaughter and her husband Andrew Moravcsik—will join the Princeton faculty...
Similiarly, news that K. Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. might leave too brought discussion that Harvard’s famed Afro-American studies “Dream Team” might be dismantled...
Hyman adds that the additional departure of Appiah “has left some holes” in his plans to develop initiatives relating to Africa...
Summers tried to combat the perception that he is not sufficiently pro-diversity by releasing a statement on diversity and reiterating his commitment to the Afro-American Studies department. But the departures of West and Appiah for Princeton have weakened the department—and though Gates says he will stay for another year, he has not made his final decision. However, even more damaging to Summers’ credentials on diversity has been his refusal to endorse an ethnic studies department in the face of increasing student pressure...