Word: skocpol
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William J. Skocpol, assistant professor of Physics, said the Faculty is "perfectly congenial" to most of the CRR proposals, but looks unfavorably on the appeals board suggestion for a variety of reasons...
...There is a feeling that an appeals board will not better resolve anything," Skocpol said. "If there is a feeling of harmony among the members of the original board, then there is no need for an appeals board. And if there is a dispute among the members of the first group, I see no reasons the same disagreements would not arise in the appeals board...
...Skocpol said many Faculty members fear that the formation of an appeals board of the CRR would set a precedent that some might seek to apply to Administrative Board decisions...
...Theda Skocpol, chairman of the Sociology Department's committee on higher degrees, said yesterday the faculty decided to enforce the deadlines strictly because of University pressure to limit graduate enrollment in each department...
Students who have been here for more than three years will not be affected by the ruling, Skocpol said...