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CBMR defunding threat

CTL-E-0835 · Event · other · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

(2012) Columbia College's 2012 prioritization process proposing to eliminate the Center for Black Music Research's funding after ~70% budget cuts since 2006.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PRESERVE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PRESERVE-001:CTL-PRESERVE-E-094; source research type(s): event. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

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Record CTL-E-0835 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 1 source · CTL research: PRESERVE-001.
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