The Role and Responsibilities of Public-University Trustees

To the Editor:

Candace de Russy's Opinion article ("Public Universities Need Rigorous Oversight by 'Activist' Trustees," October 11) is painted with brushstrokes so broad that what might have been a legitimate reflection on the role of university trustees in New York was actually an unfortunate attack on the hundreds of citizens nationwide who devote countless hours of their own time every month serving the