Word: appointment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...issue in particular was the committee's practice in recent years of allowing outgoing leaders to appoint the incoming two co-chairs rather than opening the posts to House-wide election. Most other Houses hold some form of elections to select House committee heads...
Using these suggestions, Lewis contacts many of the candidates himself--after all, "You don't want to appoint someone who they themselves is still tentative about it," he says--and listens to concerns from deans and senior Faculty members, some of whom request that a person not be considered to allow them to dedicate more time to their College duties...
Using these suggestions, Lewis contacts many ofthe candidates himself--after all, "you don't wantto appoint someone who they themselves is stilltentative about it," he says--and listens toconcerns from deans and senior Faculty members,some of whom request that a person not beconsidered in order to allow them to dedicate moretime to their College duties...
...love of Harvard.=pretty amazing.=the prestige aspect.=fat cats and millionaires.=These guys know nothing about education,=They re all basically big capitalists.=sometimes there s the thought that other academics are needed,=they work hard at that=at the end of the day, they re going to appoint the candidate who is the best,=They just pick their buddies,<= as he puts it. The overseers have to approve any new corporation member and participate in the search, but by and large, the corporation chooses its new members itself, seeking out talented alumni and friends of the University...
...board's struggle to select a newcommissioner, according to Lane, was rooted inCellucci's desire to appoint a similar-mindedofficial-a movement the board resisted...