Word: ethnical
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...administrative level, it is necessary for students to meet with Knowles on a regular basis. Knowles pretty much controls any progress on ethnic studies, ranging from deciding which recommendations of the FAS Committee on Ethnic Studies come before the Faculty Council to tenuring professors who specialize in the study of ethnicity...
Knowles would be more than happy to keep the issue on the back burner and will assuredly do so unless there is continuous pressure from students. Thus, they must constantly remind him that students care about ethnic studies and that they are upset at the Administration's delay...
...second step involves keeping the issue in the spotlight among the student body, something ethnic studies activists have done poorly this year. Keeping ethnic studies on center stage is important because Knowles' tenure decisions are often based on student demand. The Dean has even said in the past that he will not tenure professors who specialize in the study of ethnicity because there is little demand for such courses...
...Knowles happens to be a reasonable man. He has declined to commit some of the capital campaign money earmarked for 40 new professorships to tenure professors in ethnic studies. However, he has approved four visiting professorships in ethnic studies, which are awarded by the FAS ethnic studies committee...
Well-attended and publicized events among students show that the demand for such courses exists. A panel in April 1996 debating the merits of ethnic studies attracted nearly 200 people and another hundred rallied outside University Hall a week later...