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...tutors,” said Sarah M. G. Otner ’06, who has tutored in psychology and statistics. John H. Jernigan ’06, another tutor, said he has had many conversations about a tutor shortage with BSC staff during weekly meetings for the Award Peer Tutor program. He said that the BSC will often ask professors for a list of students who performed well—earning a B+ or above—in certain classes and e-mail them to ask whether they are interested in tutoring. Kevin...
...sound advising program, therefore, is not to compress all advising responsibilities onto individual advisors. Instead, a multifaceted scheme should be developed in which different areas of advising are handled by those who know them best. An integral component of such a solution is the participation of well trained peer advisors. Prefects are currently prohibited from dispensing academic advice to freshmen, but this policy is senseless. As it stands, proctors serve as the academic advisors for first-years, but many of these proctors do not even study within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Freshmen would benefit far more from...
Harvard is the only business school that actively enforced a non-disclosure policy. The administrations at three of HBS’s top peer institutions—Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School—let their students decide whether they want to disclose their grades to recruiters...
...assistant professor of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Boston and the primary author of the study, parents should be more careful in promoting a healthier way of life to their children. “Research shows that, in general, people that diet still weigh more than their peers,” she said. “The most important thing to do is for families to focus less on weight and more on eating healthier and exercising, and promoting a better way of life.” In the survey, 5,331 girls and 3,881 boys between...
...improve it,” History Department Chair and Folger Fund Professor of History Andrew D. Gordon wrote in an e-mail. Rinere said her short-term plans include coordinating all of the College’s information about advising into a single, student-accessible place and designing a peer-advising system. Rinere also said she wants to involve more faculty in the process and to revise advisor training before September of next year. She added that improved advising would help to ensure that students choose classes and departments appropriate for their interests and abilities. “We know...