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Kirkland House resident Nancy D. Prior '89 says she has spoken to more than nine prospective thesis advisers in the Government Department, but most of them said they were too busy because they already had advisees or were doing their own work and did not want to take on extra...
"The Government Department says 'Oh, write a thesis, write a thesis,' and then they have no way of helping you with even preliminary stages," Prior says.
"We have a shortage [of thesis advisers]," admits Jane T. Gray, coordinator of the undergraduate program for government and office manager for the government tutorial office. "There's just not enough faculty and graduate students."
Gray says there is a "supply and demand" problem. The department currently has between 40 and 60 teaching fellows, plus faculty members who serve as thesis advisers, but this apparently is not enough for the more than 80 concentrators who want to write theses. Government advisers usually assist with only...
Prior says that having to fight for an adviser has changed her whole attitude about writing a thesis. "Because I faced such a big obstacle already, I figure the whole thing isn't worth it," Prior says "A thesis is supposed to bring personal satisfaction, but it's already so...