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...ISSUE becomes whether an administrator taking over an office such as Advanced Standing can by himself drastically reinterpret the office's regulations. Harnett's action is certainly disfunctional to those trying to create an atmosphere of genuine student-Faculty-administration cooperation and consultation. Harnett did not ask the Faculty to debate his reinterpretation. And obviously, Harnett did not take upper-class Advanced Standing students into consideration, many of whom agreed to sign the Advanced Standing contract two or more years ago, with a very different idea of what was expected of them...
...might hope that Harnett would have at least have informed his boss, Dean May, of the change. When asked Wednesday about Harnett's reinterpretation, May said, "This is the first I have ever heard of it." May is not only Harnett's boss, but actually reappointed Harnett to his post when he became dean of the College...
...know that bureaucratic regulations are often not taken seriously unless they can be enforced. When Harnett was asked who would enforce the directive-that Advanced Standing students complete all their A.B. degree requirements by the end of their sixth term in residence-he said that this responsibility would lie with the Registrar's Office. Harnett failed to say, however, that he did not inform the Registrar of his reinterpretation. Miss Marion Belliveau, associate registrar, said Wednesday that "what they want to do over in the Advanced Standing office to enforce this would certainly be entirely up to them." Harnett...
...When Harnett's letter to third-year Advanced Standing students was shown to another high official in the Registrar's office, she characterized Harnett's actions as "high-handed" and said, "I thought the Advanced Standing program was set up to give students flexibility. The whole tone of the letter tries to take away this flexibility and builds up tremendous pressure on you to hurry up and get through. "She emphasized that Harnett's letter and his relation with the Registrar's Office "is now a very delicate matter. It was an effort on his part to be helpful...
This same official, who asked not to be identified, suggested that Advanced Standing students ignore Harnett's questionnaire. The question she objected to most, which she said characterized his whole attitude, reads, "Among those whose plans are still unknown, please, explain what the contingency is. The more that I know about the particular problems you are facing, the easier it will be for me to keep a flexible date for your final [graduation] commitment." She emphasized that "the responsibility for the statement about graduation lies with the Registrar." So the battle between these two bureaucratic offices continues unresolved...