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...January, Interim Dean of the College David R. Pilbeam announced the names of faculty members of the College’s committee charged with examining the procedures of the Ad Board. But the committee’s chair, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Professor Donald H. Pfister, has said the group is on a “little hiatus,” as one of its other two members has been on leave since the committee was formed...
Outgoing interim Dean of the College David R. Pilbeam suggested changing the name to “midterm feedback” to make it seem less punitive...
...committee then discussed how to improve section teaching, which Pilbeam said was one of his highest priorities...
...student push for change. This fall, the UC established what it calls “the Ad Hoc Ad Board Committee,” which is comprised of three members of the UC and six students not serving on the council. Several members of the administration, including Pilbeam, supposedly serve as ex-officio members of the committee, though Pilbeam has never attended a meeting...
...While Pilbeam, who chaired the Board for just several months, says he found the Board “effective,” members of the Harvard community—particularly those whose understanding of it comes from first-hand disciplinary experiences or second-hand horror stories—have a very different view. Even Ellison notes that the inaccessibility of the Ad Board to most undergraduates and faculty has left it with a bad reputation...