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With study cards now turned in, and classes now revving up, it has again become clear that the current system of tutors serving as academic advisors is abysmal. Students are not receiving the necessary and critically important advice they need on topics ranging from class selection to plans for after college. These problems, however, run far deeper than the tutors themselves; rather, they stem predominantly from the shortcomings of the current tutor system and selection process. The existing selection procedures pit Houses against each other as they battle for the most talented tutors. Students inevitably suffer from these fights because...
Presently, there are serious problems in the distribution of tutors covering concentrations. For example, Cabot House has no resident Economics tutor, and Leverett lacks a resident Government tutor. Spreading out tutors across concentrations is made even more difficult by the significant turnover that occurs each year—some Houses have as much as 50 percent of their tutors leaving at the end of a year. Moreover, tutors also leave during the academic year, hurting those students whom the tutor advised. Eliot House, for instance, is losing their Economics tutor and therefore has been forced to actively recruit students from...
However, no House can have a tutor in every subject. Each House generally has 17 to 20 resident tutors, and there are roughly 40 concentrations, making a residential tutor for every field impossible. But if Houses were to share their tutors with those Houses in their immediate proximity, then students could have easy access to someone in their field. Simply put, the Houses should be formed into zones of three Houses each that collaborate with each other to ensure that most, if not all, fields are covered by the Houses’ collective tutors. The zones would be as follows...
...brushed my teeth near him with regularity. He was a nice guy but kept to himself. I asked him if he was our tutor but once he said “My name is Rivers, I spent the last couple years in LA,” I figured...
...community can rely on its academic departments to criticize faculty members who step out of line. Reluctant to challenge an esteemed professor’s wishes, however, the psychology department opted not to intervene under these circumstances. Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology Ken Nakayama, who is also the head tutor in psychology, justified the department’s reservations, claiming, “The general policy has been to allow professors wide latitude in the conduct of their classes, including how they manage their enrollment. Such policies have sufficed in the past. Given the disappointment and confusion here, this policy...