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...several student groups recently argued, the dean of the College is not chosen by members of the College, but by the dean of the Faculty. Twenty-six students will be consulted for two hours. That means that if every student spoke equally and without breaks, each student could speak for almost five minutes about the College—hardly enough time to say anything meaningful, much less yield an opinion on possible candidates. An advisory committee of Faculty members also exists, but in no official way will students, associate deans of the College, House masters, or members of the Faculty...

Author: By Matthew L. Sundquist | Title: Governing U: Steps for Improving Governance | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

Similar to this ironic selection process, the dean of the Faculty is not chosen by faculty members. The Faculty’s standing committees are consulted, but, just like the student-faculty committees at the College level, they are mainly advisory. In 2005, the Faculty recognized their inability to instigate or create policies, and classics professor Jan M. Ziolkowski, acting chair of the folklore and mythology program, initiated discussions between various department chairs. Although these discussions were initially focused around the departure of then-President Summers, French professor Christie McDonald continued to organize this unofficial Caucus of Chairs, even after...

Author: By Matthew L. Sundquist | Title: Governing U: Steps for Improving Governance | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...chosen for his health initiatives targeting tobacco use, gun violence, and trans-fats, according to an HSPH press release...

Author: By Nini S. Moorhead, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bloomberg Recants HSPH Comment | 11/1/2007 | See Source »

...Cabot House sophomore advising coordinator Myles G. Osborne said. After the Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted last year to delay concentration choice, some College officials worried that the old advising system would be inadequate for sophomores who, for the first time, would enter Houses without having chosen a field of study. Under the old system, undergradutes picked a major by the end of freshman year. So far, the system has received mixed reviews from students. After her freshman year, Winthrop House resident Eva B. Rosenberg ’10 knew she would concentrate in a humanities discipline but wasn?...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New System Gets Mixed Reviews | 11/1/2007 | See Source »

...Cabot House sophomore advising coordinator Myles G. Osborne said. After the Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted last year to delay concentration choice, some College officials worried that the old advising system would be inadequate for sophomores who, for the first time, would enter Houses without having chosen a field of study. Under the old system, undergradutes picked a major by the end of freshman year. So far, the system has received mixed reviews from students. After her freshman year, Winthrop House resident Eva B. Rosenberg ’10 knew she would concentrate in a humanities discipline but wasn?...

Author: By Victoria B. Kabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Give New Advising System Mixed Reviews | 11/1/2007 | See Source »

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