Twenty years ago, that university received few alumni donations and had few residences—most students commuted.
One of the great assets of many schools in the private sector is their alumni.
I am very happy to offer myself as that hostage on this occasion, as a graduate and alumnus.
University administrators have had to establish committees to investigate student complaints while wealthy alumni have threatened to withhold financial contributions as a pressure tactic.
The camaraderie subsisting among public school alumni, which was notoriously crucial to the career trajectory of middle-class men, rested on an acknowledgement of their common juvenile experience.
In addition, there were alumni whose careers could not be represented - in a way that would lead them to recognise themselves - using only the two dimensions of time and identity.
Telephone interviews proved to be a successful means of collecting data from these alumni.
A second alumnus has also thought of himself as a classical performer, but his passage has been more troubled.
