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...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...
Silber's decision, which hinged on Gov. A. Paul Cellucci's decision to appoint Peyser, will clear the path for Acting Education Commissioner David P. Driscoll to be approved by the board for a permanent position...
While the board had been trying to appoint a permanent educational commissioner since Robert Antonucci's resignation last February, it had struggled with political divisions...
...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...
...Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) passed a bill urging recently elected Democratic Governor Gray Davis to appoint pro-affirmative action regents to the Board of Regents. While this action alone would not reverse the ban on affirmative action, Amanda R. Canning, academic vice-president of the ASUC said, "I think that it is time that the regents experience some diversity themselves, not just ethnic diversity, but diversity of thought...