Word: perring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...polls--which drew responses from about 60 per cent of the students questioned--revealed that the overwhelming majority of students who do not reside in the Houses are satisfied with their living arrangements...
...decisions emanates from two sources: 1) competence to make the decisions and 2) being affected by the decisions. There is no question that most decisions within an educational institution profoundly affect students. In fact, though these decisions also affect faculty members, administrators, and even in some senses the institution per se, it is still true that they affect students much more than anyone else. Their impact, moreover, is doubly significant at a residential college such as Harvard...
...makes recommendations to the Faculty regarding aspects of life in the Houses. It deals with matters which affect students' non-academic (social) education far more than their academic education. These issues are directly relevant to the student and to almost no one else. Students should compose more than 50 per cent of this committee...
...defining the academic reputation of the college. In addition, whereas decisions affecting House life could be easily reversed under the above plan, mistakes in the academic category are often harder to rescind, since they may have involved the hiring of more instructors, for example. Students should compose about 33 per cent of this committee, although this could vary widely according to the issues being considered...
...case of possible dismissal, an accused student should have the choice of being dealt with by the Board or by a committee composed of 50 per cent students and 50 per cent members of the Board. He should be able to appear before either group and should have the option of being represented by a member of the faculty (including lawyers on the faculty...