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...addition to studying the statistics, HSAC holds weekly meetings where they also host notable speakers from the sports community. Anthony Gonzalez, a wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts, recently joined in on one of their gatherings while he was visiting Harvard Business School for a business education program for NFL players. Other past guests include Rich Gotham, President of the Boston Celtics, and Sam Kennedy, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Boston...
...years to gain support for such a field, but their progress picked up dramatically last spring. About a year ago, students such as Roman-Salazar began meeting to collaborate with professors in African-American Studies, History, and other disciplines and to discuss the prospect of an ethnic studies program at Harvard...
...part of this study group, Roman-Salazar helped draft a policy paper that was nearly 30 pages long, explaining what members hoped the program would look like. The five sections of the paper not only included an outline of what they envisioned down the road, but also compared Harvard’s current offerings in ethnicity and human rights to those of other Ivy League schools. But the group ultimately decided not to base its proposal off of any other school’s curriculum, citing the limited resources available for the creation of new programs...
Several years ago, Harvard had an ethnic studies program, but for reasons that are not clear to even some of the most involved faculty today, it altogether faded away. However, continued student and faculty interest in ethnic studies coalesced in new conversations and, ultimately, the formation of the secondary field and Committee on Ethnic Studies this year...
Aside from drawing a wide range of professors from different departments and universities, the Committee on Ethnic Studies also represents the culmination of many interest groups and ideas. For years, various groups expressed interest in creating an Asian American Studies program, Latino American Studies program, and Native American Studies program. However, progress was slow. It was only this December that cooperation from a diverse range of minority groups helped pushed Ethnic Studies through...