It doesn’t happen as often as it should, in fact I’m not sure it ever happens, but here’s a case where Harvard (specifically, its alumni) should consider following Dartmouth. As I described last night, Dartmouth has established a recent tradition of electing “petition candidates” to its Board of Trustees. These candidates bring a spirit of independence to the board that otherwise is largely lacking.
Now, Harvard alums will have the opportunity to elect a petition candidate, Robert Freedman ’62, to Harvard’s Board of Overseers. Judging by this piece in the Harvard Crimson, Mr. Freedman will reject the “docile role” most hand-picked trustees embrace both at Harvard and at Dartmouth. His campaign centers arouond a greater focus on Harvard undergraduate education. He also zeroes in on issues of academic excellence and accountability, and makes a strong appeal for more involvement on the part of alumni and trustees.
You can visit Freedman’s web site here.
-
-
Most Read on Power Line
Donate to PL
-
Our Favorites
- American Greatness
- American Mind
- American Story
- American Thinker
- Aspen beat
- Babylon Bee
- Belmont Club
- Churchill Project
- Claremont Institute
- Daily Torch
- Federalist
- Gatestone Institute
- Hollywood in Toto
- Hoover Institution
- Hot Air
- Hugh Hewitt
- InstaPundit
- Jewish World Review
- Law & Liberty
- Legal Insurrection
- Liberty Daily
- Lileks
- Lucianne
- Michael Ramirez Cartoons
- Michelle Malkin
- Pipeline
- RealClearPolitics
- Ricochet
- Steyn Online
- Tim Blair
Media
Subscribe to Power Line by Email
Temporarily disabled
Notice: All comments are subject to moderation. Our comments are intended to be a forum for civil discourse bearing on the subject under discussion. Commenters who stray beyond the bounds of civility or employ what we deem gratuitous vulgarity in a comment — including, but not limited to, “s***,” “f***,” “a*******,” or one of their many variants — will be banned without further notice in the sole discretion of the site moderator.