Board members said he worked tirelessly and was well attuned to the different constituencies of students, faculty members, legislators, trustees, alumni, potential donors and the broader academic world.
But the NUS says the such a move on its part would nevertheless be highly embarrassing to Lib Dems in university constituencies where students and lecturers made up a large proportion of voters - as much as 15%to20%0% in some areas - and the politicians had won their votes by promising to oppose higher fees.
"We have expressed throughout this investigation that our work in this area will never be finished and will require constant vigilance, commitment and cooperation between all our constituencies –- students, faculty, staff, alumni, community partners and supporters -– to be certain that we continue to evolve and to embrace the values of inclusion and respect for all," Reese said.
Responsibilities typically include fund-raising, establishing and maintaining connections with local government and balancing a number of constituencies like students, parents and alumni.
… It's more complicated in that [the university] is vaster and there are so many constituencies — the students, the administration, the faculty, the other people who work there, the policemen, carpenters, construction workers.
If he is playing electoral roulette with the one-time bankable constituency of students, he is also hopeful of picking up voters "abandoned" by Labour in the north, where the Lib Dems are second to Labour in 52 constituencies.
PalmOne somewhat weirdly identifies the 31's core constituency as "students, superparents and seniors," even going so far as to suggest that a grandparent could use the Zire 31's beeping alarm "as a reminder to take his new medication".
Unlike Newark's Rutgers campus, which played an important role in anchoring that city through its own tough times, Camden, which has a total population of about 80,000, has never had a large, captive constituency of students to act as a buffer against middle-class flight.
The remaining funds, about S$150,000, were ploughed back into bursaries and scholarships for the constituency's students.
He juggles various constituencies — faculty, administrators, students, alumni, trustees, athletics.
