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scholars and has some positive implications for the field even as it increases
the burden on those who continue to engage students over time through
teaching, counseling, research, and administrative leadership. But what McKay
does not point out is that this burden often falls upon women scholars. Finally,
as do those whose essays precede hers, she encourages foundation attention
be directed to the pipeline. But McKay also recommends regional
collaboration to share resources and address scholars’ feelings of isolation
in the Midwest. This recommendation led to the creation of the Midwest
Consortium of African American Studies in the opening years of the
21st century—a successful model of institutional cooperation that could
well be replicated at other universities in different regions.
Farah Jasmine Griffin
(2006)
Notes
1 Franklin A. Thomas, Preface to “Three Essays: Black Studies in the United
States” (1990).
2 The Midwest consortium for African American Studies included the University
of Wisconsin, University of Michigan, Carnegie Mellon University, and
Michigan State University.