The seminars are led by Barbara Hill , senior fellow at the American Council on Education, Alice Chandler , former president of the State University of New York at New Paltz, and Tamar March , Dean of Educational Programs at the Radcliffe Institute. Readings Readings , all of which are pre-assigned and provided well in advance of the weekends, have included Plato, Machiavelli, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Margaret Mead, Martin Luther King, Jill Ker Conway, Mary Catherine Bateson and others. Each reading is chosen as a reflection of one or more of the moral, ethical, and intellectual dimensions of leadership and social responsibility. While the environment is supportive, intellectual standards are highly challenging. Participants include highly placed women and men in a variety of professions, at various stages of life.
Participation is by nomination .