March 12, 2004

President of Harford Community College to Step Down; Dean of Drama at New School University Retires; Ken Starr Is Again Talking to Pepperdine U. About a Job

By JAMILAH EVELYN, ROBIN WILSON, and KATHERINE S. MANGAN

TARNISHED LEGACY: In ticking off the accomplishments for which she hopes her 10 years as president of Harford Community College will be remembered, Claudia E. Chiesi includes her creation of the College Assembly, a body she says gives administrators, professors, and staff members a greater voice in shared governance. But some faculty members at the Bel Air, Md., college say the assembly is the thing they would most like to forget.

Ms. Chiesi announced in February that she would step