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...February 1 deadline set by the co-founders of People Switchboard for an administration decision on funding for next year has passed, and Daniel A. Gensler '72 and John M. Farago '72 have abandoned their positions as coordinators of the information and advising organization they established this fall...
Gensler and Farago have been trying since September to get some word from the administration of the future financial status of their organization, but as yet no one will make a definite commitment one way or the other...
...feel as if we're caught in a power vacuum between University Hall and Massachusetts Hall," Farago said yesterday. "There's an acting Associate Dean of the Faculty and an acting Dean of the Faculty, and it's unclear who is going to fill those posts. Somewhere between Bok, Dunlop, May, and Whitlock a decision has to be made...
...present time People Switchboard is financed by a $1500 gift from the Dean's Discretionary Fund. However, funds from that source will be virtually exhausted by the end of this academic year, and Gensler and Farago feel that the $1 million fund for experimental education recently set up by President Bok is inappropriate for their project...
...That is for short term experiments in educational innovation, and People Switchboard is not a short term experiment," Farago said. "Secondly, that money is very tight, and thirdly, People Switchboard is not an experiment in educational innovation. It has to do with improving advising within the University...