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In a letter to students in 1995, Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles affirmed that the study of race and ethnicity "has been one of the major concerns of scholars through time." Yet, stating mostly financial concerns, he brushed aside the prospects for an ethnic studies concentration.
But according to Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, recruiting senior faculty from other institutions can be a much more difficult proposition.
Knowles says it's reasonable for the university to help professors in this way.
"If someone is to flourish here, we must be sensitive to their needs," Knowles says. "Happy people do good work, and that is especially true for a people-intensive activity like education."
To some extent, the problem lies with a dearth of Faculty to serve as advisers. The concentrations that consistently receive high marks are generally small, such as folklore and mythology, and close-knit, such as history and literature. The perennial disappointments, such as government and economics, have many more students...