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But the reformed system of advising appears to have bred a sense of detachment between the department and concentrators.
Three years ago, the economics department transitioned from using tutors in Harvard’s residential Houses as concentration advisers to employing a group of seven graduate students to advise students out of offices in Littauer.
According to Jeffrey A. Miron, the director of undergraduate studies in economics, the original system had presented a number of substantive issues for the department.
The economics department seeks to centralize its program by employing fewer, but more specialized, advisers in Littauer. On the other hand, the government department hopes to disperse its advising resources to reach a wider range of students.
“The whole culture in the economics department seems to be ‘learn it by yourself,’ or ‘do it by yourself,’” He says.