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...Hall. The prodigious note-taker, who records nearly every interaction he has, had taken note of rifts within the College administration. As one of his first major acts in office, he and Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 fired Patricia O’Brien, Gross?? deputy and a central player in the growth of what some professors considered the corporate culture of University Hall. O’Brien had long been a leader of the attempt to market the College and create a brand name...
When it comes to House life, University Hall must be more responsive to significant groundswells of sentiment, such as has occurred in the case of Quincy House. Gross??s recent meeting with Quincy residents is a good first step, but does not negate the fact that the College administration has been lax in its oversight of House masters. For such an important aspect of student life, a policy of relative laissez-faire will...
...relatively recent change to calculating grade point averages on a 4.0 scale has “reaffirmed the value of B range grades,” according to Gross?? most recent letter. The College went from a 15-point grading scale to its current 4.0 scale following a 2002 Faculty vote after a media flurry targeting Harvard’s grade inflation...
Interim Dean of the Faculty David R. Pilbeam wrote in an e-mail yesterday that he had not yet seen Gross??s report...
...down proceedings a bit, fairness should be a higher priority than the minute efficiency of the tribunal.No doubt the members of the Ad Board do their best to reach a just conclusion in every case, but they lack, and even refuse, some of the information those decisions require. Dean Gross??s review should be treated as a chance to guarantee that every student is given a fair and fully informed hearing in every instance...