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When Institute of Politics (IOP) Director Sen. David Pryor announced his plan to dissolve the IOP's Student Advisory Committee (SAC), saying the group had become too insular, many students involved in the IOP said they were confused...
Last month, Pryor disbanded the IOP's Student Advisory Committee (SAC), which had previously advised the IOP administration, saying the body was too insular...
...council has become in many ways insular. This is a way we can take issues to the student body," she said...
Responding to IOP Director Sen. David Pryor's criticism that SAC had become too insular, the students crafted their suggestions from two open meetings. Then, at a breakfast attended by more than 40 students, Travis F. Batty '02 and Francisco J. Flores '02, senior IOP associates, presented Pryor with their ideas: hold democratic elections, create meritocratic membership standards and revamp the structure of committees and leadership positions...
Pryor's actions reflect the concern felt by many that SAC had become insular and alienating to many students who wished to be involved in the IOP. Though SAC members recognized the need for reform in a report they issued last spring, the IOP's poor retention rate and SAC's overall ineffectiveness as a governing body are two areas that SAC has been unable to address on its own. Though reform efforts were underway, they weren't moving far or fast enough. Reform was clearly needed, but the kind of swift and drastic reform Pryor has imposed would never...