Word: tutors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent report by the Undergraduate Council's Residential Committee reveals, each House devises its own tutor selection process, and accordingly, student influence varies widely...
...serve on selection committees that review applications--sometimes as many as 50 per opening--and recommend a few finalists. Some House encourage greater undergraduate advice and have students interview the candidates. In Leverett and North Houses, students do more than just offer advice--along with the Masters and Senior Tutor, they sit on a committee that decides, by consensus, which applicants to hire. But in other House, students have no voice in the selection process, and from initial screening to final appointement, tutors and Masters act alone...
...Houses where it is encouraged, student involvement in the tutor selection process has proven an unqualified success Independent administration of the Houses remains a worthy goal, of course, but Masters should not go overboard with their freedom and refuse such an advantageous policy. The Houses should expand undergraduate involvement in choosing resident tutors...
Because each resident tutor opening attracts so large a pool of candidates, student involvement insures a more rigorous evaluation of applicants. In Lowell House, for instance, Master William H. Bossert '59 and co-master Mary Lee Bossert alone screen all initial applications, conduct all interviews, and make final appointment, according to the Council report. Each application would certainly receive more extensive scrutiny if the Bosserts brought students into the evaluation procedure...
Undergraduates represent a rich source of academic expertise; this is, a government concentrator can no doubt provide valuable, insights into the qualities that make a good government tutor Also, if many people screen applications, each candidate will receive a more careful reading--insuring that the candidate himself, not the polish of his resume, is under examination...