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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Observing the discussion on Harvard's presidential search process, it seems remarkably one-sided. In the interests of informed judgment, I propose to present some reasons for not allowing students to sit on the search committee...
Third, given the diversity of this student body, it is unlikely that any student or even a few students would adequately represent the views of the whole. Government Department Chair Robert O. Keohane indicated this predicament faces the Faculty too. ("Faculty Resigned to Search Role," October...
...university. The president will be around long after we are gone. So will the administration that chooses him. We have a responsibility to those who follow in our footsteps not to impose on them our values, personified by a president of our choosing. The members of the search committee, representing more permanent parts of the university, has a greater claim to appreciating the long-term interests of Harvard...
...order to inform the search committee of our concerns in the selection process, I propose that the Undergraduate Council hold an open forum on the topic. After this it should publish a report highlighting the views of the student body on the search committee. This informs the committee of student concerns and at the same time allows it to exercise its judgment as it is uniquely qualified...
Contrary to Jaron Bourke's assertions ("Search Needs Student Input," October 24, 1990), Harvard does not have to measure up to the standards of any other school in selecting its president. It has a long tradition of distinguished presidents who have guided it to its current position as a world leader in higher education. The search committee has the same stake as every other group in the University in choosing an imaginative, dedicated and competent president to prepare Harvard for the new millenium...