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...proposal that is made is confusing. The staff simultaneously calls for a direct alumni vote and a vote of the Board of Overseers, which is supposed to act as the official voice of the alumni. If giving the Board a role is to be used as a "good first step," who is to decide when and if the second step--towards a direct vote of all the alumni--is to be taken? Moreover, if complicated issues, like the choice of Corporation members, can be decided by a direct vote of the alumni, what is the purpose of having the Board...
...alumni should be able to vote directly for at least one of the seats currently open. Perhaps a good first start can be made by allowing the Board of Overseers--as the voice of alumni--to vote on new Corporation candidates. Forums can also be held to measure the attitudes of the other members of the Harvard community. If the University is truly to live up to its principles, it can bring about democracy in its own backyard by opening up its governance process to the numerous group that make up Harvard...
...staff, but these groups should not have a say in the selection of Corporation members. Students, most of whom are uninterested and uninformed about the Corporation, can express their views after they graduate. And while University employees should have their grievances heard by a sympathetic ear, allowing them to vote could create a conflict of interest for Corporation members. Members might be forced to back the wishes of the group that selected them over the best interests of the rest of the University. Alumni are far enough removed from the daily operation of the University to prevent a similar situation...
...With 50% of the vote...
When President Reagan chose Lauro Cavazos to replace William Bennett as Secretary of Education last summer, Washington pundits dismissed the move as a political maneuver. A sixth-generation Texan and a highly visible Hispanic American, Cavazos seemed tailor-made to help Republican presidential nominee George Bush woo the Hispanic vote in the candidate's electorally rich adopted home state. Last week, when President-elect Bush announced that he would retain Cavazos as head of the department, some educators made similar remarks. "It was an easy decision for Bush," says Donna Shalala, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison...