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...November of that year, Pryor decided it was time to address the decreasing student participation. He suddenly announced that the IOP would dissolve its governing student body and hold open elections—startling its leaders, who were already trying to institute reforms...
...kept hearing from students that they looked at the IOP as a very closed society or a ‘club,’” Pryor says. “I sensed that we had to open it up as much as possible to make everyone feel welcomed...
...happy with improvement I’ve seen over the past year, but I wish it could have occurred in a more collaborative process from the start rather than being forced upon the students,” says former IOP President Robert F. McCarthy...
...could be brought about,” Pryor says. “We made a radical departure from the past and it has paid off. It has paid off in view of the participation of students, the interests and the number of people who are taking part in the IOP and its activities...
...reorganization encouraged the elected student leadership to reevaluate how the IOP works and is perceived on campus. The Institute started recruiting first-years, established a grants board and tried to directly address student interests. The results of these efforts are clear, both students and staff say: student attendance is up, there is an increased interest in leadership positions and student-staff relations are more open...