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the Affirmative Action office, or to a

dean, or the provost, or possibly the
campus police. But you knew that, in
doing so, you were starting down a
slippery slope; that once the process
was startedonce the university was
officially involvedit would be hard to
slow it down. And thats from the university news office!
Meanwhile, a 1999 Survey on
Racial Understanding at Rhode
Island College found that 70 percent
of students did not know where to
report racial incidents on campus.

Clarification:
The Selected Websites in the Winter
2001 issue of CONNECTION contained
an
incorrect
URL
for
the
Vermont Department of Economic
Development. The correct URL
is http://thinkvermont.com. The URL
listed [www.det.state.vt.us] is the
Vermont Department of Employment &
Training.

Words of Wisdom
We need you to formulate and implement the next Marshall Plan, the next G.I.
Bill, the next Civil Rights Act. We need your commitment to find a cure for AIDS,
breast cancer and Alzheimers. And we need your vision and courage to confront
the threat of global warming.
That modest plea delivered by U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman to graduates at
Trinity Colleges 175th commencement in May was hardly the only invitation to
greatness in this season of sage advice (though President Bush used the occasion
of Yales commencement to joke about his bad grades at the college).
Following is a sampling of other spring 2001 commencement speakers at New
England campuses:
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige, University of Connecticut
Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, UMass Dartmouth
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Brown University
Former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley, New England Institute of Technology
Former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, Lasell College
Puerto Rico Gov. Sila Caldern, Boston University
Former Rwandan Assembly Speaker Joseph Sebarenzi, Marlboro College
Former NAACP Chair Myrlie Evers-Williams, Simmons College
Rock star Bono of U2, Harvard University
Mister Rogers creator Fred Rogers, Middlebury College
Educator Guadalupe Quintanilla, University of New Hampshire at Manchester
Composer John Corigliano, New England Conservatory
Actor Kelsey Grammer and Monster.com CEO Jeff Taylor, UMass Amherst
Journalist Juan Williams, Bryant College
Journalist Gwen Ifill, University of New Hampshire
Journalist and author Edward Humes, Hampshire College

New Englands Clout in Washington

CONNECTION recently conducted an informal analysis of New Englands representation on some national educationrelated boards and legislative committees. Findings:
Organization

Body

U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

Total
Members

Representatives
of New England
Insitutions

20

30%

The College Board

Board of Trustees

30

17%

Educause

Board of Directors

13

15%

Assn. of Telecommunications Professionals in Higher Education

Board of Directors

11%

New England higher education institutions as a share of U.S. total

7%

Council of Independent Colleges

Board of Directors

32

6%

American Association for Community Colleges

Board of Directors

32

6%

American Association for Higher Education

Board of Directors

20

5%

Association of American Colleges and Universities

Board of Directors

22

5%

Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges

Board of Directors

22

5%

47

4%

24

4%

49

2%

U.S. House Committee on Science

American Council on Education

Board of Directors

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce

National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges

Board of Directors

28

0%

Council of Graduate Schools

Board of Directors

13

0%

AGB Center for Public Higher Ed. Trusteeship and Governance

Advisory Council

23

0%

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