Word: foxes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reports and committees don't seem to resolve the apparent crisis in advising at Harvard, perhaps it is because this approach implies advising is a problem that can be diagnosed and disposed of. Dean Fox observes that "somehow, people like to think that somewhere there's a good body of information," a definitive statement on "good" advising. "This is not a problem to be solved." Fox likes to compare it with discussions over financial affairs: "Advising and counseling is like financial management; it requires continual awareness...
...effort to meet them. They hold office hours and no one comes. Non-resident tutors say they are happy to share a meal, a cup of coffee, anything, with students, but no one asks them. "There's frustration and resentment among the Faculty that they are ignored by students," Fox says. "Students have to take the initiative--it's very difficult for faculty to lasso students on the street. Faculty are available if students would just state, "This is what I would like...
...student independence and encouraging isolation from their elders in a community. Students further argue that after paying their $9000 term bill, the University owes it to students to live up to its part of the bargain and seek students out, not blame students for not pursuing it more actively. Fox disagrees, arguing that students should look at the money spent as an investment, not a swap. "If you want to buy a $9000 car and let it rust in the driveway, go ahead," he says...
...University, most students agree, does not lack advisory resources. Fox points to recent comparative studies that show that Harvard spends as much as or more than other American colleges on advising services. But inadequate resources is not the focus of student criticism...
...Fox's office drew up a list of potential candidates for the position and sent it to the Herlihys, Orf said, adding that the group interviewed each candidate three times...