Dr. Tommie Dunavant, a local psychologist, emphasized greater contact between the students and the Board. Prentiss suggested adding more student representatives to the Board. But we should also stand above the administration. While according to these statments it seems that Trustees are not regularly present in the Rhodes campus life, some believe that students have not brought matters to the Trustees' attention as much as they should. The best way to understand the Board of Trustees is to communicate in a way that fosters productivity.
Angry dialogue gets nowhere in the long run.
Even with greater dialogue, things may be slow to change. Faber's recent experiences with the Board have given him concern that the problem lies within the Board's structure itself. Until the operating procedures of the Board change, there is no real hope for changing the vertical authority structure of the school. There is very little reason to expect such change in the near future. Rhodes College the finest liberal arts college in the world.