As of yesterday, the results of the Dartmouth Trustee election are in. Thanks to the hard work of countless alumni, I have been elected to the Board of Trustees. It is an honor beyond words to have the opportunity to serve the College as a Trustee. I owe that opportunity to the many alumni who […]
As we enter the closing weeks of the 2007 Trustee campaign, the race has gotten a fair amount of attention from a variety of media outlets and from students at the College. Here are a few references that may be of interest to you as you decide who will get your vote for Trustee. As a reminder, the voting […]
Click here to view a footnoted version of my open letter to alumni. The sources cited in the footnotes provide opportunities for further reading about a number of key issues facing the College.
"[M]any [Dartmouth] employees did not know what the annual priorities or even longer-term strategic goals of the institution are. Obvious priorities like the current construction of new buildings are readily apparent, but other critical priorities like financial aid, providing more accessible services to students, and supporting cross-institutional cooperation are little known or understood. Many employees do not understand the orgranization of the institution, the decisionmaking process, or the strategic planning process."
--January 2007 Report from the Working Group on Administrative Communications and Culture, page 5
"The bottom line is that Smith has been vocal, passionate, and proactive in articulating his vision to Dartmouth. He is addressing issues that matter to students from the liberty to speak freely to greater choice in course selection to ending academic injustice everywhere. Hundreds of alumni have signed on to support the petition candidacy of Smith because of his diversity of vision."
"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
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