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...People Switchboard, a project to close the ever-growing gap between students and Faculty, and to promote curriculum reform, has faced since its inception the bureaucracy which is inherent in all universities...
...problem, however, is of a more deeply rooted nature. The University's support--both philosophic and financial--is essential to the success of People Switchboard. But active student interest is necessary to attain the Administration's backing and the eventual implementation of progressive educational goals. Such student initiated support has been minimal...
...phony press conference by phone? I've been with high-priced public relations men all week. I know how it works. You call up seven newspapers and tell them you are Clifford Irving. They will be here with everything in 15 minutes and plug into the Chelsea switchboard. Then you read poetry to them. And even if they have voiceprints to show that you aren't really me, the voiceprints will match because they will be so eager...
...Certainly we don't want to tap the $1 million this soon without some data on the project it would fund." Bok added. "Unfortunately, there is no data and no evaluative information yet on People Switchboard, since it is so new, and we want to be sure that the $10,000 would be well spent...
Gensler and Farago stated earlier this year that they felt the $1 million fund inappropriate to their project because the fund is for experiments in educational innovation, while People Switchboard is concerned with improving advising within the University