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With regard to minority faculty hiring, the numbers speak for themselves. Out of 402 senior faculty in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 32 are of color. None of these are U.S. Latino or Native American. While Harvard should celebrate the arrival of professors Cornel West and Evelyn Higginbotham next year, both jointly tenured in the Afro-American studies department and the Divinity school, we should not forget the essential role an independently strong Afro-American Studies department played in their appointments. Nor should we necessarily settle for one tenured female African American. This is not a matter of politically...
...Harvard searched in vain, Yale was able to construct a prominent Afro-American Studies department, Hall says. In fact, three pillars of Harvard's now-renowned Afro-American studies department were colleagues at Yale decades ago: Gates, Professor of Afro-American Studies and of philosophy K. Anthony Appiah and Cornel R. West...
...University wished, it could certainly offer monetary incentives to attract much-needed minority faculty members. In fact, it already has, with DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis Gates. Jr. and, more recently, with Princeton Professor Cornel West...
...Afro-Am department, but instead some prevailing sentiments among the College and University community which I found disturbing. While Ms. Arden-Smith's and Ms. Kao's use of my statement--highlighted by their use of my picture--would seem to suggest that I questioned the abilities of Cornel West, I expressed nothing but praise for West's work, approach and the contributions he will bring to Harvard's Afro...
...endeavor, while at the same time warn against the sometimes resultant arrogance and complacency which could prevent Harvard from acting to maintain its preeminent standing as a world-class institution. Yes, as I stated, "Harvard has a reputation for being so great that it attracts greatness"--such as Cornel West and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham--"but that doesn't stop it from possessing mediocrity as well"--even at The Harvard Crimson. Zaheer...