Word: moseses
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"The downside is that we are seen as operating as an island," Moses says. "We say we are doing things better for freshmen, such as 'our advising is better than advising in upperclass years.' There is the tendency to let the FDO be separate like the freshmen are separate from...
Besides creating a new social role for the FDO, Moses has over the years expanded upon the FDO's traditional services in the realm of advising.
Moses says he is especially pleased with the improvement in the quality of first-year advising. He attributes this change largely to intensive training workshops he instituted for the 65 proctors and 150 non-resident advisers which form the grassroots of the first-year administration.
"From any point of view, freshmen advising is quite complex, quite well-done, and the changes that I've seen are that more and more topics have been taken up and that advisors are better trained and more accountable," Moses says.
Although Moses acknowledges that there are frequent complaints about advising, he maintains Harvard's advising system is far superior to that of other colleges. He readily admits that standardized advising may range in quality, but adds that a lot of advice at Harvard can be found "in the air," whether...