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Sharon R. Krause, head tutor of the government department, points out that given what she says is a lack of interest in the present advising system, she questions whether students would use an advising center...
...Some students would like more advising, but some faculty feel underused,” Professor of History Joyce E. Chaplin, the head tutor in history, writes in an e-mail. “The latter indicates the existence of a not-inconsiderable population of students who would really rather not have the faculty bug them...
Assistant Professor of Government and Head Tutor Sharon R. Krause says she is not sure what benefits a change to Yale-style housing would bring. “It seems to me that what students would get through that method is information already easily accessible to them, at least in the case of the government department,” she says, noting that graduate students are already available to advise first-years in the department office...
Lindsley Professor of Psychology and Head Tutor Stephen M. Kosslyn says that in his opinion, linking first-years to the Houses “would put a little more strain on [advising]. But the Houses have got three-quarters of the students already, so adding another quarter on top of that wouldn’t crush the system. A problem is that freshman year, you might want to be advised by more than one concentration, so it might turn out to be a very inefficient use of resources...
...Houses would not be able to accommodate an influx of first-years.Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth Studley Nathans adds that she does not think that the Houses could cater to all of the first-years’ needs. “There is no way that Houses will ever have a tutor for every concentration,” she says...