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While West taught the introductory course Af-Am 10, “Introduction to Afro-American Studies,” the class saw enrollments of 584 in the 2001 and 316 in 1999. Today, the course enrollment has plummeted to 17 students under the auspices of Professor of Government Michael C. Dawson and Professor of African and African American Studies Evelynn M. Hammonds...
...Sayin’ Something” is taught by Jones Professor of African American Music Ingrid Monson and “Race, Class and Poverty” is taught by Geyser University Professor William Julius Wilson...
...faculty,” explains Director of the Core program Susan W. Lewis of the reasons behind why the course this year does not fulfill a Core requirement. “[Af-Am 10] is not the course that was approved by the Core the year that Professor West taught...
...department is confident this reintroduction of Af-Am 10 will cause a spike in enrollment—last year, without West but with Core credit, enrollment was at 96 students. That course, however, was taught by Gates, a more renowned intellectual than Hammonds, who will teach the course alone next year...
...most important issues that the review fails to address is the power dynamic between students and the rest of the University. Currently students are consumers of education; they should be partners in their own educational experience. The process of deciding what classes are offered, how they are taught and even what concentrations are available should be an ongoing dialogue, not a top-down decision. And the curriculum should be an organic and continually evolving entity—perhaps not requiring complete, time-consuming overhauls every 30 years...