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...interview this month, University President Lawrence H. Summers listed among his accomplishments of the past year a move towards an advising system that would “emphasize a peer-to-peer context” over the next few years...
Brown says that peer advising could provide freshmen with knowledge of “specific courses and specific professors, which is something that proctors usually can’t talk about...
...Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin, who advised 22 freshmen as a proctor this year, says that students will always need someone impartial and unbiased to talk to about sensitive academic issues—such as poor performance in a class—who is not a peer...
Dingman says any changes in the undergraduate housing system, or moves toward peer-to-peer advising, would be executed so freshmen could enjoy “more meaningful interaction with upperclassmen...
Differences abound in how individual departments advise their concentrators. From the personnel involved—everyone from graduate students, peer advisers, faculty within and without the department, and House tutors—to the various scheduling methods for advising—by appointment, walk-in, or published office hours—it is not always easy for concentrators to get the information they need to choose the best classes or stay on track with requirements...