Boston U Criticized for Closing African Studies Center

The director of Boston University's African Presidential Center has accused the university of having broad problems with racial discrimination, which he says is reflected in plans to close the center, which focuses on African studies, The Boston Globe reported. The university says that it is closing a number of centers that have failed to raise money, and that these centers are on a range of topics. But the director of the center denies having been given a fund-raising target.