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New report outlines state of Black Studies programs

A new study has found that 311 American colleges and universities offer programs in black studies, according to an article in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. But a majority of the programs are in the East and the West — the two regions of the country with the fewest black residents. The study was conducted by Abdul Alkalimat, a professor of sociology and the director of Africana studies at the University of Toledo.
Read entire article at Chronicle of Higher Education