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Mania M. Seferi, assistant professor of City and Regional Planning, said in her second memorandum in 13 months to the same effect that the GSD should reevaluate the School's commitment to field work for academic credit...
Seferi regards her decision as a mistake, and it seems that the students have changed their minds also. The same day that Seferi sent the memorandum to Maurice D. Kilbridge, dean of the GSD, she explained her position to 20 students, who then unanimously approved her efforts to terminate the present...
Kilbridge said that the GSD has no intention of dropping the Field Service from its curriculum. "The UFS is an integral part of the School," he said, "and it will be here long after Seferi leaves...
Finally, this most important question must be raised: is it in the best interest of the GSD to have a non-architect as dean? Should quality education in architecture and the all-important environmental concerns be in the hands of someone with no background or training or experience in architecture or visual design? Before Kilbridge became Dean he taught at the Harvard Business School. On checking with his office his secretary states that the Dean declines to make his resume available "as a matter of policy" except upon his own initiation. But resumes are readily available to the press...
...majority of architectural schools around the country are run by architects. The GSD has always been run by architects as far as I know. The record of the school since Kilbridge took over has been a matter of constant concern to alumni (ae) and professionals in the environmental field. As an architectural and urban critic and alumna of the GSD I talk to hundreds of professionals. I know these facts, and I am concerned first and foremost about quality. It seems high time for change at the GSD...