Word: students
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...problem arises from the strong authority exercised over PBHA by the non-students. According to some PBHA members, the organization's paid professional staff doesn't give enough weight to the concerns of student members. Perhaps this is because Johnson began only this semester to hold regular formal meetings with student coordinators. Or maybe it is because undergraduates do not even control the funds that pay the the professional staffers--Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 does...
Jewett's statement that PBHA is "in most cases, and independent student association," only tells half the story. Many important organization-wide decisions-- hiring, for example--are made only with Johnson's express approval...
...Johnson doesn't always turn to students before making his decisions. This summer, student members of PBHA's governing body complained that Johnson did not allow them adequate input into the selection of a new professional projects coordinator. The coordinators' job is largely to work with students...
Even some undergraduates who otherwise seem concerned with the staff-student relationship have been unwilling to deal with the issue openly and explicitly. In an internal memorandum, Thomas J. Conally, Jr. '90 and newly-elected PBHA president Rosa A. Ehrenreich '91 argued that facts of the Reeves incident should not be openly presented in front of the entire cabinet, writing that it would be wrong to "burden Cabinet with demoralizing, unpleasant and unproductive information...
...POWERFUL mystique surrounds PBHA. Its record of good works tends to deflect criticism of the organization's operations. But the fact is that there are problems at PBHA that need to be addressed. Staff-student relations must be high on the agenda of PBHA's upcoming reorganization...