The College's Board of Trustees will hold its annual Summer term meeting this weekend to set the year's agenda and discuss financial planning.
The meeting -- which is more of a retreat for the Trustees -- begins today and runs through Sunday.
Though the Board's agenda is confidential, College Spokesman Alex Huppe said the board will make some "long-term conceptual planning." He said he did not know the specifics of the discussion.
Board Chairman E. John Rosenwald said the meeting at the College-owned Minary Center on Squam Lake is a chance to take a look at the issues on the Board's agenda.
He would not say what the Trustees are considering for their agenda, but said the Board would make no decisions on any issues at the retreat.
At its spring meeting, the Board voted to continue the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps and approve a new comparative literature graduate program.
Though the Board's agenda is confidential, many items for the upcoming year are standard fare. In the Winter term, the Trustees will consider raising tuition.
At their Spring-term meeting the Alumni Council will present the Board with the results of an election for a new Trustee.
All the alumni will vote for three candidates to replace Trustee Anne Fritz Hackett, who will step down in June. Peter Fahey '68 was approved by an alumni vote this spring.
There are 16 members of the Board including College President James Freedman and the perennially absent governor of New Hampshire.
The College's alumni elect seven trustees; the other seven are appointed by the Board.
Rosenwald said two two-hour sessions will be held each day this weekend to "look at the future of the institution and the major issues that are going to be on our agenda."
Cheryl Reynolds, the Board's secretary, said all of the Board's members, including Freedman, will attend, except for the perennially absent governor of New Hampshire.
In addition to discussions, the Trustees will also have a chance to get to know each other, Rosenwald said.
"There is plenty of time set aside to take walks in the woods," he said.
Huppe said the weekend is "conducive to congenial conversation" because the Board does not have to adhere to the rigid schedule it does during its meetings in the Fall, Winter and Spring terms.
The Minary Center, the former home of CBS Television Chairman William Paley, is located in central New Hampshire. Paley donated the home to Dartmouth in the name of his Chief Financial Officer John Minary '29, Huppe said.
