College trustees were once viewed as old curmudgeons interested primarily in saving money and having winning football teams. Though the average age of trustees still hovers well beyond the half-century mark, a few schools have begun to foster a youthful image.
The nation's first under-30 university trustees, most of them recent graduates, have been appointed this year at Maine, Lehigh, Princeton and Vanderbilt. The eight state universities in Kentucky have begun to admit student leaders as ex officio trustees. In Vermont, Wyoming and Washington, legislatures are weighing proposals to name youthful...
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