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...whom they briefly interact before drifting off into the rest of freshman year. Amazingly, the result has been good for many, in spite of the system. Now the new program will make it possible for freshmen to receive solid advising that connects them to the Harvard community before the school year even begins, and that is consistent across the freshmen class and throughout the year. The program will also preserve the most important aspects of the Prefect Program, which makes important contributions to the coherence of first-year residential life...
After applications are reviewed and candidates selected, Peer Advising Fellows will be assigned to first-year dormitories, or, in the case of smaller residences, to groups of small dormitories. Each adviser will then be matched with individual freshmen who share their interests—academic, extracurricular, and social—within the dormitory. Together they will form a group of some 8-10 advisees, who will meet both together and individually throughout the year to navigate the Harvard’s challenges...
...program will exceed both the current first-year advising system and the Prefect Program in its structure and thoroughness. A given month will comprise a well-ordered set of events, geared at bringing together freshmen who share interests. One week would hold an informal meeting of a peer advising group, where first-years would be able to benefit from each others’ questions and experiences, and the insight of their shared peer adviser. An entryway study break would take place another week, and Peer Advising Fellows would attend their assigned entryways to mingle and answer questions...
Fellows would also profit from close interactions with the faculty members with whom they would work in advising groups of freshmen, as efforts to recruit ever-greater numbers of faculty to work as first-year advisers continue. At a college where the remoteness of faculty is a common complaint, creating opportunities for student-faculty contact into a new advising program stands to make a great contribution to the lives of both freshmen and the upperclassmen who advise them...
With the announcement of the new Peer Advising Fellows program, first-year advising at Harvard seems ready to change for the better. This exciting new initiative will, however, only succeed with the support of undergraduates keen to make a difference in the lives of freshmen. Take the time to fill out the (short) application before the weekend’s out. The class of 2010 will thank...