Yesterday, with potential protesters far away from Day Hall, Provost Kent Fuchs announced that he will follow through with his decision to move the Africana Studies and Research Center to the College of Arts and Sciences. As you probably remember, this decision sparked controversy back in December amongst ASRC students who think the program should be completely autonomous. From the statement:
I have decided to affirm and implement as of July 1, 2011, the decisions that I announced in December 2010: 1) to provide significant increased funding to recruit additional Africana faculty, 2) to provide resources for an Africana Ph.D. program, and 3) to have Africana administratively be part of the College of Arts and Sciences.
While I applaud Fuchs for not giving into the protesters, it would show a lot more courage if he didn’t have to pay them off in order to make the move, especially when nearly every other department across campus is experiencing historic budget cuts.
(H/T Metaezra)
