Association of Concerned Africa Scholars
United States
Undated, Spring 1993?
4 pages
Contents: Resolutions on Department of Defense and CIA Funding of Area and Africa Studies • African Studies Association: April 2-3, 1992 Resolution • African Studies Association: April 28, 1990 Resolution • Association of African Studies Programs: Excerpts from the April 10, 1992, Motion on the National Security Education Act of 1991 • The Presidents of the African Studies Association, Middle East Studies Association, Latin American Studies Program: Excerpts from Their February 8, 1992, Letter to Senator Boren • ACAS-Sponsored Statement on the Boren Bill, Partial List of Endorsers • The petition says the Act supports undergraduate study abroad,...
Contents: Resolutions on Department of Defense and CIA Funding of Area and Africa Studies • African Studies Association: April 2-3, 1992 Resolution • African Studies Association: April 28, 1990 Resolution • Association of African Studies Programs: Excerpts from the April 10, 1992, Motion on the National Security Education Act of 1991 • The Presidents of the African Studies Association, Middle East Studies Association, Latin American Studies Program: Excerpts from Their February 8, 1992, Letter to Senator Boren • ACAS-Sponsored Statement on the Boren Bill, Partial List of Endorsers • The petition says the Act supports undergraduate study abroad, graduate research fellowships, and international studies programs. Students must repay their grants or work either in a related education field or in a federal agency, with emphasis on national security employment. The program is to be administered by Defense Intelligence College of the Department of Defense and overseen by an Advisory Board chaired by the Secretary of Defense and including the Director of the CIA. The petition calls upon scholars of Africa to reject the National Security Education Act of 1991. Signed petitions are to be returned by August 1, 1992.
Association of Concerned Africa Scholars
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Used by permission of several co-chairs of the Association of Concerned Africa Scholars.
