College Board Revises AP Black Studies Course

The January 2024 issue of Campus Report discusses the College Board’s revisions to its AP African American Studies course, a new “Afrochemistry” course at Rice University, Hillary Clinton’s unpopular course at Columbia, and a Taylor Swift course offered at BYU. Following conservative criticism, the College Board removes controversial topics like slavery reparations and queer theory from the AP course. Rice University introduces a course applying chemical analysis to “Black life,” while students at Columbia express disappointment with Hillary Clinton’s “Inside the Situation Room” class. BYU joins the growing list of universities offering courses on Taylor Swift.