Word: mastering
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...influenced by many of the personalities involved--of the House, the students and tutors on the search committee, the candidates. Thus, while Lewis has composed a set of guidelines to direct the process each time a mastership becomes available, there are few hard and fast rules for evaluating master candidates...
...when a master does make public his or her intention to vacate their masters' residence, it usually occurs in the fall--giving Lewis a window of a few months to begin composing an initial list of potential candidates...
According to Lowell House Senior Tutor Eugene C. McAfee, Lowell's master search last year involved three students and three Faculty members associated with the House's senior common room (SCR). McAfee says he allowed the House's junior common room to elect its three student representatives, while he was responsible for choosing the SCR participants...
...once on the committee, many describe the process as egalitarian--if even as a bonding experience--where all members work together despite wide age and power differentials, putting in long huors to find the best master for the House...
They also considered each candidate's marital status, the relationship between the potential master and co-master, and whether the candidate had children, although all involved say neither of these criteria was a determing factor...