African Studies

Univ. Of Missouri Press To Close

25 May 2012

"In its 54 years in operation, [UMP] has published approximately 2,000 titles ... on the topics of American and world history; intellectual history; biography; journalism; African American studies; women's studies; American, British, and Latin American literary criticism; ... regional studies of the American heartland; and creative nonfiction."

UNC Board of Trustees briefed on fallout from academic scandal

24 May 2012

Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill heard from school leaders Thursday about their plans to prevent a recurrence of the type of academic misconduct that led to wholesale changes in the Department of African and Afro-American Studies.

UNC-CH trustees question how academic fraud happened

24 May 2012

They also hear about new procedures designed to prevent future fraud like what happened in the African and Afro-American Studies department.