Word: ozment
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Last week, in what can only be seen as a cop-out, committee members acquiesced to CUE Chairman Steven E. Ozment's argument that faculty and administrators should maintain some measure of control over the Guide's editorial policy. The committee plans to finalize its recommendations to the Faculty Council next week, and at the moment, the outlook for meaningful reform appears grim...
...Guide's editorial freedom has been the subject of official debate since last summer, when "a few administrators decided to play Keystone Cops," in the words of Ozment, who is also associate dean for undergraduate education. In the words of the book's student editors, a few administrators decided to play Keystone Cops," in the words of Ozment, who is also associate dean for undergraduate education. In the words of the book's student editors, a few administrators decided to censor their work, and they were powerless to resist...
...Ozment's most compelling argument against Undergraduate Council control of the Guide--the prospect that the faculty would refuse to continue funding the $50,000 annual project--is a feeble rationale...
...Ozment said it was "extremely likely" that the faculty would not agree to continue funding the book if it had no control over the book's content...
...most objectionable solution proposed, the idea of submitting the book to review by an administrative or faculty committee each year, was "dead in the water" and "not a viable option," Ozment said...