The recent resignation of Harvard President Lawrence Summers forces us here at Dartmouth to stop and reflect on our institution, our administration and ourselves. While we realize that Summers was far from perfect, we do believe the vision that guided his tenure — a frustration with the complacent and static nature surrounding his institution and the strength of character to act on this dissatisfaction — was a valid one. More »
Some people feel it inappropriate for the College actually to be run by its alumni. A senior official in the Alumni Relations Office once told me “the alumni are not like shareholders of a company, with rights to govern.” A member of the current Alumni Governance Task Force (AGTF) expressed to me his frustration with the outsider activists who keep arguing over, in his words, these “so-called rights.” All who deny the right of alumni to participate in the governance of the College are wrong; such a right does exist. More »
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