Controversy has intensified at the University of Louisville following reductions in Graduate Teaching Assistant positions and a pause in the Pan-African Studies doctorate program. It has drawn responses from Dr. Ricky L. Jones, PAS Chair Dr. Michael Brandon McCormack and university administrators as debate grows over the future of the department.
This comes after Dr. Ricky L. Jones from the Pan-African Studies department released a video on Feb. 19 to social media claiming U of L was attempting to destroy the department.
The PAS graduate program was told it was being paused last week, Jones said. He claimed that this was an inconspicuous way to wipe out the entire program…