The University of Wisconsin African Studies Program hosted a discussion Wednesday afternoon featuring UW Vice Provost and Dean of the International Division Frances Vavrus and other program directors.

The African Studies Program (AfSP) in the Georgetown School of Foreign Service (SFS) hopes to expand its mission of international anti-racism through increased course offerings. The AfSp was founded ...

The African and African American Studies (AAAS) program will become its own department in January, after 50 years of student advocacy. The AAAS program was the first ethnic studies program implemented ...

The Georgetown University School of Foreign Service named professor Lahra Smith as the new director of the African Studies Program. Smith hopes to bring an environmentalist perspective to the ...

Five years after the African Studies program criticized University administration over a lack of faculty recruitment and retention, some faculty members say progress has been made to increase its ...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Tuesday that the College Board's latest Advanced Placement course offering, AP African American Studies, will expand to 26 schools in the 2023-24 school year.

Despite university budget cuts and a rise in anti-ethnic-studies sentiment, black-studies programs have held their ground in higher-education curricula. But while there has been substantial overall ...

The University of Wisconsin announced the creation of a certificate in Arabic Language and Culture, according to a March 18 announcement from the Department of African Culture Studies. The University ...

The UAB African American Studies Program will celebrate its 20th anniversary on April 28, 2020. The program was approved as a degree-granting program by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education on ...

Five high schools in Oakland County will add a new advanced college-level African American studies course to their curriculum in future school years. According to the Michigan Department of Education, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Many in higher education are sounding the alarm after a sudden announcement by the University of Louisville to pause the graduate program for the Department of Pan-African ...

The Center for African & African American Studies Visiting Artist Program is an important contribution to building community – both Black community and the Beloved Community – at the University of ...