Word: fdo
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First-year students are often considered separate from the rest of the College, and so too are their administrators. Although the FDO has not escaped the watchful eye of the dean of the College, it has operated with a high degree of autonomy, something which Moses says can have its pitfalls...
...downside is that we are seen as operating as an island," Moses says. "We say we are doing things better for freshmen, such as 'our advising is better than advising in upperclass years.' There is the tendency to let the FDO be separate like the freshmen are separate from upper class life. We are a tight group and can look at ourselves as our own college, which is politically disastrous, educationally disastrous...
Besides creating a new social role for the FDO, Moses has over the years expanded upon the FDO's traditional services in the realm of advising...
Moses will be replaced by an acting dean, as yet unnamed, next year. Jewett is currently heading up the search for a new dean, and is forming a committee which will make a comprehensive study of the FDO's structure and the needs of first-year students...
Jewett says he plans to study the efficiency of the FDO, but does not plan on cutting programs simply for its own sake. He does concede, however, that budget problems may decrease the likelihood of new programs being formed...