AAS at a crossroads
Yale University's decision last month to upgrade its African-American studies program to a department will not put pressure on Princeton to take similar action, according to Provost Jeremiah Ostriker.But Nell Painter, chair of Princeton's AAS program, said she continues to favor the creation of such a department, and noted that she is "exasperated" and "exhausted" as a result of her efforts to convince the University to make the switch.Ostriker said he had formed a committee consisting of several professors ? including Toni Morrison and Painter ? to recruit specialists in African-American studies prior to Yale's decision. 'Build it up'"We looked at this a while ago," he said of the prospect of upgrading Princeton's AAS program.