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...past four or five years, standards for section sizes have been codified and better enforced, according to Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education David Pilbeam. Many graduate students say the new guidelines often lead to fewer sections and subsequently to fewer teaching fellow positions...
...guidelines vary from department to department and depend upon the type of course, Pilbeam says. In a typical humanities course, he says, a single section may contain up to 20 students...
...unpredictability, Pilbeam says, is increased because of the nature of the Core. Core course offerings may very dramatically from year to year, and undergraduates often use core courses to fulfill concentration requirements...
...unusually large enrollment in a Core course can have a very significant and unpredictable spill-over effect in the enrollment in concentration courses," Pilbeam says...
Other committee members include Associate Deanfor Undergraduate Education David Pilbeam,Associate Dean for Administration Robert A.Rotner, Associate Dean for Research and the AlliedInstitutions Richard G. Leahy and Associate Deanof FAS and Mallinkrodt Professor of ChemistryGeorge M. Whitesides...