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...committee will be comprised of Interim Dean of Advising Programs Inge-Lise Ameer alongside representatives from the Freshman Dean’s Office, Athletics Department, the Office of Student Life, the Facilities Maintenance Office, and three students—two members of the Undergraduate Council and one Peer Advising Fellow. We are pleased to see the College incorporating student input in the committee decision process. However, students should have also had greater say in actually outlining the requirements and the evaluative standards by which students will be allowed to stay. We also commend the College for making the Office...
...Applications will be reviewed by a committee made up of Ameer, representatives from the Office of Student Life, the Freshman Dean’s Office, the Athletics Department, the Facilities Maintenance Office, and three students—two members of the Undergraduate Council and one Peer Advising Fellow...
...Peer Advising Fellow. 2. A socially conscious upperclassman who donates his or her time to hosting weekly study breaks and offering tame advice to first-years. 3. Probably a better source of academic advice than your official advisor (see Advising...
...peer assessment category, which contributes 25 percent of a college’s total score, a new question this year attempted to measure colleges’ commitment to undergraduate teaching by having university officials name schools that they believed exhibited an outstanding commitment specifically to undergraduate education. Dartmouth, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, and the University of Maryland Baltimore County were ranked best in this metric among Harvard's peer institutions, but Harvard did not receive the seven necessary votes to be ranked at all, according to Morse...
...News and World Report uses seven indicators to determine academic quality including peer assessment, retention, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, graduation rate performance, and alumni giving rate. One factor that is not measured, Morse said, is what students learn. A recent survey by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, addressed this question by assessing colleges’ general education curriculums. Harvard received a letter grade of D, Princeton C, and Yale F, according to this assessment...