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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...
...IOP needs to find better ways to include students outside the self-selected leadership group. Significant efforts must also be made to improve retention so that sophomores who are rejected from SAC do not abandon the IOP altogether. Whether or not a similar structure for the student governing body is maintained after Pryor's restructuring, intervention was a necessary wake-up call for an organization that has been far too slow to address its substantial and immediate shortcomings...
...hope that these necessary reforms in SAC are implemented in ways that allow for more democratic and inclusive student input. We also hope that current SAC members will continue to stay involved at the IOP; it would be a great loss should those students who have worked and invested in the organization for the better part of their college years take their energies elsewhere. Reforms to address the problems of insularity and retention rates must, however, be the first priority. These changes should be instituted quickly so that organized student input remains as uninterrupted as possible but also becomes more...
...Pryor Disbands IOP's Student Governing Body" (News, Nov. 9), an unidentified member of the former Student Advisory Committee (SAC) to the Institute of Politics (IOP) says, "[Disbanding SAC] is particularly frustrating for juniors and sophomores who had planned to continue to contribute to the IOP for the rest of their college career. If you're a junior or a sophomore, now you don't even have an opportunity there for the future...
This quotation should give anyone pause, for on its face it makes no sense. By revamping the governing structure of the IOP, why would that possibly deprive sophomores and juniors of the ability to participate? Whatever the system that replaces it, surely students of all classes will be able to make contributions...