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...However, Charles P. Slichter '45, who sat on the two previous search committees that chose Presidents Derek C. Bok and Rudenstine, said the overseers' consent has historically come at a physical meeting of the Board of Overseers...
When mentoring junior colleagues, we always advise them of the importance of good teaching and urge them to use their CUE evaluations and the services of the Bok Center to improve their teaching...
...worry that students underestimate the importance of the upcoming decision. Presidents from Lowell to Pusey to Bok radically shaped the University and played major roles on the national stage. President Leverett freed Harvard from stifling Puritan control. President Eliot transformed the University from a small college to a modern institution and presided over Radcliffe's birth. President Lowell redesigned the liberal undergraduate curriculum and started the House system. President Conant introduced general education curriculum and initiated coeducation with Radcliffe. Beginning with Pusey, Presidents have improved University finances through fundraising and have shaped the College in important ways. Bok began...
Short of including students and faculty on the search committee, releasing the list would be the best step the committee could take toward involving the community in the process. When Derek C. Bok was named president in 1970, the search committee received 1,200 names of possible candidates-almost three times the number that the current committee received. While there are undoubtedly many reasons for the dramatic decline, it seems clear that the community is not nearly as engaged in the search process as it could be. On the other hand, if the community had a chance to comment...
...Bok raised concerns about President Clinton's action on the slavery in his home country. "We have a question: Why has President Clinton not spoken out on slavery in Sudan?" he asked...