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...Chandini Sharma ’05 goes to her economics teaching fellow when she wants to talk about concentration plans, and Lara C. Bishay ’05 can turn to her prefects for informal advice on concentrating in biology. According to Associate Dean of the College Thomas A. Dingman ’67, Harvard’s method of assigning advisors allows for a crucial element of a liberal arts education: the free exploration of myriad subjects. “It would be risky for academic interests to match too closely,” Dingman maintains...
...most of the time, but I didn’t really make the journey to her room as often as I could have.” As the first year progresses and social events are no longer mandatory, it can become increasingly difficult to maintain a connection. And as Dingman notes, students at Harvard are not all that good at seeking out help. “A lot of them put people off because they’re afraid of showing their vulnerability,” he reports. “That’s rubbish. This is a complicated...
...concerns. As Tustin puts it, “It’s not necessarily that the system is flawed, it’s that human beings run the system.” Biannual proctor evaluations are one means of highlighting the ineffective proctors that slip through the cracks, and Dingman encourages students to address their dissatisfactions head on, by talking to the proctor in question or to a higher authority...
...political science major at Duke University, finds this type of system makes communication difficult. “There is a lot of information and help out there, but getting it is the problem.” The nation’s universities are listening to such complaints, according to Dingman. “There is an extraordinary volume of interest at other schools to build bridges between residential and academic advising,” he says. “College officials visit Harvard and want to know ‘How do you ensure your dorms are not escapes from...
...minds from every direction. Students are assigned a plethora of advisors to make “escaping” academic life impossible. Sophomore advisers, non-concentration academic advisers, entryway tutors, senior tutors and House Masters are a few of the human resources students encounter upon entering the House system. Dingman says the beauty of this system is that a student who feels uncomfortable with his or her assigned resources, has the option of consulting with another tutor in residence...