Word: chancellor
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...panel, moderated by CNN anchor Judy Woodruff, featured Vigdis Finnbogadottir, former president of Iceland (1980-1986); Ruud Lubbers, former prime minister of the Netherlands (1982-1984); Kim Campbell, former prime minister of Canada (1993); Malcolm Fraser, former prime minister of Australia (1975-1983); Helmut Schmidt, former chancellor of West Germany (1975-1982); Hanna Suchoka, former prime minister of Poland (1993-1994); and Jennifer Smith, current premier of Bermuda...
...Chinese language instruction? Philosophically opposed to scientific research on animals? Concerned about Harvard's financial investments in oil companies? Demand a refund of whatever insignificant portion of your fees support these endeavors! At modern universities like Harvard with their hands in every educational pot--what former U.C. Berkeley Chancellor Clark Kerr referred to as the "multiversity"--opt-out schemes become terribly infeasible...
...about a "Presidential Summit" that had just taken place in North Carolina. This occasion, organized by the Radcliffe College Alumni Association (RCAA) and the Harvard Clubs of the Carolinas, featured a meeting between Linda S. Wilson, President of Radcliffe "College," the President of the University of North Carolina, the Chancellor of North Carolina State and the Dean of Duke University Law School. Topics of discussion included affirmative action, the impact of information technology, the role of the federal government in higher education and ethical considerations in research and in the academy. It's not clear exactly what expertise President Wilson...
...comments on the results of teacher testing and, more recently, about proposed revisions in special education programs. His poor working relationship with the teacher unions and his public bashing of the system he was supposed to oversee are remnants of his negative leadership. Additionally, his ongoing role as a chancellor at Boston University has raised concerns about that school's influence over state education programs. His departure from the Board is long overdue...
Haydu said he felt Silber's connection toBoston University, where he is a chancellor,created an undue influence on board policy...