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Setting an example
At the end of the month, ACTA friend Dr. Candace de Russy will conclude her term on the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York (SUNY) after a distinguished 12-year tenure.
Dr. de Russy, a prominent national commentator and advocate for excellence in higher education, has long been an articulate voice for reform. As a former college teacher, Dr. de Russy well understood how the excesses of political correctness can undermine academic integrity, and she was singularly outspoken in calling much-needed attention to the problem.
Dr. de Russy also admirably reclaimed the proper role of trustees in guiding academic policy. As a trustee of SUNY, she advocated a strong general education, courageously criticized departments that pushed, in her words, "predetermined political conclusions," and asserted that stewardship entails oversight, not merely a rubber stamp.
Dr. de Russy set an example of engaged trusteeship. And she understood and adhered to the principle eloquently articulated by Henry Clay: "Government is a trust and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and trustees are created for the benefit of the people."
The people are in her debt.
Posted by aneal at June 14, 2007 07:29 AM
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