The judicial council also recommends candidates for the judiciary to the president of Kosovo, who makes the appointments.
Although the CUNY trustees formally appoint all presidents -- they approved these two during an executive session yesterday afternoon -- Dr. Goldstein recommends candidates to them.
A special congressional committee recommends candidates for comptroller general, and the president makes a nomination from the list; the nominee is then confirmed by the Senate for a single term of 15 years.
Asked to sum up the feel of the evening, the actor Ron Silver, a member of the artists' committee that recommends candidates to be honored, said: "I think it's a very nice marriage of two very different worlds.
These reports—"This person was completely incompetent"; "This person did each job with obsessive care"—are then submitted to a student applications committee, which recommends candidates to the whole student body and ultimately to the president.
High school seniors with a creative bent can see how they measure up nationally by applying for the Arts Recognition and Talent Search, which not only makes cash and scholarship awards but also recommends candidates to the commission that selects presidential scholars in the arts.
