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...seven-member governing board, which elects its own members and does not even release an agenda of its meetings, has no mechanism for accountability to the rest of the University. But Robert T. Ingram, president of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, defended the Corporation??€™s structure in an interview this week...
...departure would turn the Corporation??€™s top post over to Rubin, Summers’ long-time mentor and predecessor as secretary of the Treasury. Rubin was the board’s rookie member just three years ago, but in an unprecedented period of turnover on the board, he has rapidly ascended to an extraordinarily powerful position at the University...
Harper, the only African-American ever to serve on the Corporation??€”the University’s highest governing body—wrote that he was compelled to resign following a disagreement with James R. Houghton ’56, senior fellow of the Corporation, over a three-percent increase in Summers’ salary. Harper objected to the raise and said Houghton had not allowed for adequate discussion among the Corporation??€™s members...
Harper described the issue of Summers’ salary as the breaking point in his relationship with the seven-member Corporation. Houghton, according to Harper, did not want to discuss further the matter at the Corporation??€™s retreat last month...
...Board of Overseers, which predates the 1650 charter of the Harvard Corporation??€”Harvard’s seven-member highest governing body—advises Corporation members and provides formal approval to many of their decisions...