April 22, 2005

Past Their Prime?

By ROBIN WILSON

After 35 years on campuses, black-studies programs struggle to survive

Forum: Read the transcript of an online discussion about whether black-studies programs have outlived their usefulness and, if not, what administrators can do to recruit majors and beef up budgets.

The "on air" sign lights up in the recording studio here at the University of Minnesota, and Quintin Brown begins to read from a script in