Word: chairmen
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...issue evoked mixed reactions. Initially eight of the nine Masters and the Dean of Freshmen joined in a recommendation that students not be given formal voting membership on the Committee on Houses, but suggested instead "that the principle of regular student consultation be stated and acknowledged" and that the Chairmen of the House Committees and the Freshman Dormitory Council be "incorporated into this process of regular consultation." Subsequently, two of the Masters indicated that they favored student representation on the Committee; two others reported that they were not in principle opposed to student membership, but had joined in recommending against...
...MOVE next to the student role in decision-making at the departmental level. Shortly after the creation of our committee, we requested department chairmen to acquaint us with their experience in this area. Their responses revealed a wide range of differing practices. Without undertaking a detailed description of these arrangements department by department, it may be useful to summarize the general categories into which they fall. In the case of a number of very small departments, no formal procedures for consultation with students exist, nor do they appear to be necessary. As one chairman of such a department noted...
...judging by the communications which we have received from department chairmen, the consultative arrangements established at the graduate level have yielded positive results and created few problems. While concern is occasionally expressed over the time consumed by efforts to resolve differences of opinion, most department chairmen regard these meetings as useful to the department as well as to the students. As one chairman put it, "... the students have provoked some serious discussion in the faculty that has resulted in general agreement on different and more satisfactory ways of doing things. On the whole, the results have been beneficial to both...
...recommended "that at each Faculty meeting, following the reports from the President, the dean, and the Docket Committee, approximately ten minutes (or longer, if so voted by a majority of the Faculty) be reserved for members of the Faculty to request information from the President, the dean, or the chairmen of Faculty committees...
...other committees and their chairmen are: Residence and Administration of Houses, Jerome Kagan, professor of Developmental Psychology; Extracurricular Activities, Dean Watson...