Word: knowleses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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On the 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...
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.
The 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...
But 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.
Finally, and perhaps most important, student activists must take Jerry Maguire's "Show me the money" to heart. Even at Harvard, which has the largest endowment of any university, change is often controlled by money. And donors to Harvard have the ability to specify exactly where their donation may go...