Word: deans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Tensions were sparked when a council-organized committee advising the search for a new Law School dean expressly set aside two seats for members of the Coalition for a Diverse Faculty, a minority student alliance. When the council would not similarly reserve seats for members of a conservative student group, the group proposed an amendment preventing the council from reserving seats for members of any specific student organization, except in special cases...
...survey conducted by the Law School student dean search committee last fall revealed that students' top concerns regarding the appointment of a new dean included insensitivity to gender issues and a lack of personal attention in academics...
...report also noted that students want the next dean to concentrate on academic concerns, such as reducing class size...
...these requests have each been addressed in depth by the newly appointed dean despite the earlier criticisms of him. Clark says a main focus of his education reform will be an attempt to improve the quality of the school's training by increasing students' exposure to professors...
...Core, we have a pretty good record of recruiting teaching fellows from outside the Faculty of Arts and Sciences," says Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education David Pilbeam, a member of the Core Committee. Teaching fellows and assistants, he says, get similar performance ratings from students...