The Harvard Board of Overseers (more formally The Honorable and Reverend The Board of Overseers) is the second of Harvard University's two governing boards. Although its function is more consultative and less hands-on than the President and Fellows of Harvard College, the Board of Overseers is sometimes referred to as the "senior" governing board because its formation predates the fellows' 1650 incorporation.
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The president of the HarvardAlumni Association Thursday (June 10) announced the results of the annual election of new members of the HarvardBoard of Overseers.
The primary function of the Board of Overseers is to encourage the University to maintain the highest attainable standards as a place of learning.
Overseers carry out this mission by visiting faculties, departments, and other important programs throughout the University so that they can inform themselves about the quality of teaching, research, and administration and then identify problems and offer advice to faculties and University officials.
Harvard University (incorporated by The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Harvard's Charter of 1650 calls for "the education of the English and Indian youth of this Country in knowledge and godliness." Indeed, Harvard and missionaries to the local tribes were intricately connected.
Harvard's first American Indian graduate, Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck from the Wampanoag tribe, was a member of the class of 1665.
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