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Harvard’s secret is to bombard young minds from every direction. Students are assigned a plethora of advisors to make “escaping” academic life impossible. Sophomore advisers, non-concentration academic advisers, entryway tutors, senior tutors and House Masters are a few of the human resources students encounter upon entering the House system. Dingman says the beauty of this system is that a student who feels uncomfortable with his or her assigned resources, has the option of consulting with another tutor in residence...
...been traveling the country checking out colleges with his two teenage daughters, does not know “of another school where there are so many non-students in residence.” Indeed, the numbers are impressive, particularly when compared to other schools. Quincy House Senior Tutor Maria Trumpler, an experienced administrator who advised at Yale for over 17 years, agrees. While there are 23 tutors living in Quincy House alone, Yale only houses two to four graduate students per college (their equivalent to a House). According to Trumpler, the huge ratio of students to residential tutors leaves Yale...
...more subtle version of his exhortation to get back to normal, wherever that is these days. "There is a difference between being alert and being intimidated," he said. While these times require vigilance, he also called on citizens to perform community service or volunteer in some way, whether to tutor a kid or join a neighborhood watch or help out at a hospital...
...subcommittee of administrators could never equal. Courts obey recognized standards of due process, allow for the cross-examination of witnesses by both sides before a fact-finding jury and permit the representation of the accused by an experienced attorney as opposed to a proctor, dean or senior tutor...
Putting aside all of the urgent demands to feed that part of you that you draw upon when you are having trouble, is one of the hardest activities for students to manage, says Nava Ashraf, a resident tutor in Mather House. Through her conversations with Matherites and others, Ashraf realized that in addition to time constraints students are also limited by a shortage of appropriate space where they would feel comfortable meditating or praying...