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...place to oversee Expository Writing; its paralysis, then, is inexcusable. The standing faculty committee on Expos meets only once a year for about 90 minutes to hear--and rarely dispute or investigate--a presentation from Marius and Associate Director Nancy Sommers. Deans of Undergraduate Education Lawrence Buell and David Pilbeam, Marius's direct superiors, have deferred to his judgment for even his most dubious decisions. Both deans, as well as Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education Jeffrey Wolcowitz, have given only tepid responses to student concerns...
...administration, teachers say, wasUniversity Hall's unwillingness to do anythingabout it. The faculty committee, they note, backedMarius' move to the four-year rule in an effort toreestablish administrative control over Expos. Andboth of Marius' bosses in the last six years--Deanfor Undergraduate Education Lawrence Buell andBuell's predecessor David Pilbeam--are aware ofMarius's problems in dealing with employees,sources...
...nearly all matters, Pilbeam and otherspublicly deferred to Marius and Sommers. Two yearsago, after proposing to raise the four-year limitto five or six years, Pilbeam backed down afterMarius sent him a letter opposing the change...
...document discusses the progression from introductory courses to more advanced courses and the process of curricular planning in the concentrations, said Ford Professor of the Social Sciences David Pilbeam...
...tutorial system is also addressed in the draft, Pilbeam said, as well as the concentrations' advising system...