These students also protested that promises of letters and meetings were not enough to ensure them a real voice in the process.
Over 700 hundred students signed a petition asking for an institutionalized form of input for students.
On a symbolic level, it may be necessary to have students serve on the committee, says Williams College graduate Robert Wiygul, who served on a recent presidential search committee as an undergraduate
"A search committee represents the institution at large," Wiygul says. "It's important that all major constituencies find their way onto the committee."
Business as Usual
Students have been upset in the past that such a heavily corporate group is responsible for choosing an educational institution's next leader.
Again, Armstrong and Slichter both jump to the defense of the composition.
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