Battle of Wills at Harvard

By ROBIN WILSON and SCOTT SMALLWOOD

Threat by black-studies stars to leave raises questions of what a president can ask, and whom scholars should serve

A year ago, Cornel West, the charismatic social critic and famed Afro-American studies professor

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Colloquy: Join an online discussion on the dispute between black-studies professors and the president at Harvard University.

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