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...forefront of higher education, it must overcome its overwhelming inertia. But the course is difficult, and will require a bold, visionary, and audacious helmsman to chart.For that role we turn to a small crew of 11 who will steer Harvard into the future—Interim President Derek C. Bok, Interim Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Jeremy R. Knowles, and the nine members of the Presidential Search Committee. Their task, above all, is to ensure that Harvard does not rest on its laurels—it cannot if it hopes to remain...
...Bok has certainly showed an interest in sitting down with students," said UC President John S. Haddock ’07 last week...
Haddock said that "the creation of a student committee has been a positive sign" that Bok is willing to consult with students...
...Bok wrote that he did not "yet know exactly what role students will turn out to have in choosing the next Harvard president...
...personal view is that students can play a valuable role in articulating needs and priorities of students that a new president ought to address," Bok wrote. "I believe that students have less to contribute in deciding which candidate to select...