"I have never heard of an organized effort by alums to place on the Board an advocate for a particular policy. "
- It must happen occasionally, such as what is going on at Yale (see my first post but here is the link again: https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2019/09/27/yale_alumni_stage_intervention_110360.html"
Best guess is that the alumnae association committee vets these candidates so isn’t about to rock the going to rock the boat much either. Someone campaigning for real change might face the biggest hurdle just trying to get nominated or have his/her name included via a write-on option.