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...Department recently gained authorization last week to push for a new concentration advising structure for the next academic year that would see three of the current seven graduate student advisors replaced by one staff member dedicated to concentration advising, according to Economics Department Director of Undergraduate Studies Jeffrey A. Miron...
...plan approved so far, which is only part of what the department hopes to implement in a larger-scale redevelopment of concentration advising, would grant concentrators one key staff member whose time will be devoted to undergraduates’ concerns, Miron said...
...While our past advisors have dedicated energy to their jobs, they were also students," Miron said. "When you have someone’s job is to be an advisor, there’s an obvious benefit in that specialization...
...Miron said that the plan would also provide the benefits of continuity in advising and ease in identifying a point person for advising issues...
...Miron said that he was very involved in finding faculty from a broad range of specialties to teach the seminars...