Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scholarship policies in the College. We urge that the Committee on Admissions and Scholarships meet periodically with student representatives of the Committee on Students and Community Relations to discuss policy issues. We would also suggest that the Committee on Graduate Education address itself to similar problems at the graduate level...
...carrying out our investigations, we were struck by the contrast between the relative profusion of departmental consultative provisions at the graduate level and the dearth of formal arrangements for consultation with undergraduates. It should be borne in mind, however, that a substantial amount of informal communication does take place between undergraduates and the teaching staff. Tutors and teaching fellows often are in close touch with undergraduates and contribute to a departmental awareness of student grievances and needs. From time to time, undergraduate groups have not hesitated to voice their criticism of courses, teaching, and departmental requirements. In recent years...
...MOVE next to the student role in decision-making at the departmental level. Shortly after the creation of our committee, we requested department chairmen to acquaint us with their experience in this area. Their responses revealed a wide range of differing practices. Without undertaking a detailed description of these arrangements department by department, it may be useful to summarize the general categories into which they fall. In the case of a number of very small departments, no formal procedures for consultation with students exist, nor do they appear to be necessary. As one chairman of such a department noted...
...judging by the communications which we have received from department chairmen, the consultative arrangements established at the graduate level have yielded positive results and created few problems. While concern is occasionally expressed over the time consumed by efforts to resolve differences of opinion, most department chairmen regard these meetings as useful to the department as well as to the students. As one chairman put it, "... the students have provoked some serious discussion in the faculty that has resulted in general agreement on different and more satisfactory ways of doing things. On the whole, the results have been beneficial to both...
...aware that our recommendation for an expansion of student-faculty consultative arrangements at the departmental level is not without its price. It means an expenditure of time and energy on the part of both faculty and students, time and energy which some may feel might more profitably be devoted to substantive academic concerns. Despite these very real costs, we believe that the balance of advantage for both students and faculty dictates the course we recommend. The need for improved channels of communication between faculty and students is, we think, clear, and the potential benefits, in terms of building a constructive...