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...most recent movement for ethnic studies??although Harvard students have been lobbying for ethnic studies on and off since the 1960s—was born last year in the Academic Affairs Committee of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations...
Among other possibilities imaginable at Harvard are the collaboration with centers that are focused on particular regions or groups, the introduction of particular “ethnic studies?? tracks within existing concentrations and the consideration of ethnic studies in the context of a concentration in American studies more generally. The committee has initiated some preliminary conversations about these and other ways of exploring new and official curricular venues for ethnic studies content...
...students would be the ones most affected by West’s departure. His class Afro-American Studies 10, “Introduction to Afro-American Studies?? is one of the most popular at Harvard. West is an outspoken voice in the black community and is one of the most prominent progressives on campus...
...Committee on Ethnic Studies (CES) took its first steps yesterday toward implementing a certificate in Latino studies??just a week after University President Lawrence H. Summers pointedly failed to support a student-initiated request for a Latino studies department...
...fledgling departments, courses that may have little to do with the concept of ethnic identity. Latin America and Latino America are very different subjects, and it’s hard to see why their history or sociology must be studied under the same rubric of “ethnic studies??—implying that some groups and regions are “ethnic” while others contain only colorless atomic selves. The curricular imbalance can be corrected by financial incentives, encouraging existing departments to explore neglected areas in more depth. The need for a new concentration...