Over the past few weeks, many students from around the campus have expressed their support for programs that have as their core mission the interdisciplinary study of human difference and inequality. Most of the programs named by the students — including Latina/o Studies, Africana Studies, Feminist Gender and Sexuality Studies, Asian American Studies and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies — are housed in the College of Arts & Sciences. Furthermore, students have conveyed their concern that the programs are not being supported by the college, and have expressed their desire for a demonstrated commitment to these programs. These are important issues to address.
This article originally appeared in The Cornell Daily Sun.
