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...Student Input...
...department sought student input for thechanges in two ways...
Admittedly, Dean Jewett will not make his decision in a vacuum. He receives input from different sources, such as the Committee on House Life and the Committee on College Life, which include several house masters and student representatives as well. The problem is that these student representatives are appointed by the Undergraduate Council and tend to be members of the council, a body by which many students do not feel adequately represented. Essentially, there is no comprehensive and fair representation of the student voice heard in the debate on this issue...
...forget that Harvard is a private institution--and that it is a privilege to go here and not a right. If you don't like the choice that has been made, well, you do have the fundamental right to leave. Moreover, it is by no means clear that student input would have been of much value anyway. The average student here has no idea what qualifications are necessary for acting as Dean, much less who might have these qualifications. I'm just happy the administration didn't ask the U.C. to run a referendum on the issue. Meredith FitzGerald...
Obviously, our administration currently cares little about student input in the appointment process. But undergraduates can force them to include students on search committees--if we forcefully pressure and lobby them...