Trustee elections at Dartmouth: Liberal v Conservative?

Colleges & Universities Dartmouth College
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<p>Another person (driver) had copied this link onto the parents forum: it’s very interesting.</p>

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<p>What’s anyone think about it?</p>

<p>It would be especially interesting to hear what Alumni think about the 2 insurgent candidates.</p>

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<p>As a soon to be paying parent, the idea of hiring more faculty and fewer deans sounds like a good one - get those class sizes down! But, I’m not sure that is strictly a liberal vs conservative issue. I realize the subtext is get rid of the assistant to the assistant diversity office for women’s disability issues - BUT, sometimes in large organizations, “administration” has a way of taking on a life of its own, first thing the organization knows, there is so much baggage, the purpose (education, in this instance) is compromised. I’m not sure though what 1-2 more people in a group of 22 can do, other than disrupting the meetings.</p>

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<p>I understand it’s not just lib-con, but also tradition v modernize thing. Is that about right?</p>