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THE AFRO-AMERICAN studies Department may not be running smoothly, but at least it's running. The W.E.B. DuBois Institute isn't even doing that yet.
Guinier's report charged that the University had failed to live up to its commitment to the Afro-American Studies Department in providing for the establishment of the DuBois Institute and in providing funds necessary to attract first-rate Faculty members.
Guinier's case was boosted when The Crimson reported last Fall that Dean Dunlop had misreported a conversation he had the year before with Harold Howe II, a vice president of the Ford Foundation. Dunlop reported to Guinier in 1971 that the Ford Foundation would not fund the DuBois Institute...
The only significant break with the review committee's recommendations came when the Faculty Council called for the DuBois Institute to be established on a Faculty- and University-wide basis as in the case of other comparable centers.
Following the vote, Bok appointed a University-wide committee to draw up plans for the DuBois Institute. Surprisingly, Guinier agreed to serve on the committee along with Leonard and Patterson. The initial sessions of the committee have been fruitful, and it is possible that Guinier has buried the hatchet and...