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Last year’s survey had mixed results, with low participation rates in Eliot’s survey and little valuable information gained in Pforzheimer??€™s, according to the Masters. Eliot House had a 35 percent participation rate, said Eliot House Master Lino Pertile, who was instrumental in forming the plan...
...valuable the information is that the surveys find, though, is unclear. Pforzheimer??€™s survey last spring found no surprising information, according to Master James J. McCarthy. In addition, its timing last year was ineffectual...
...Pforzheimer??€™s Jordan Halls, long considered the worst housing on campus, now sports central air conditioning, floor-to-ceiling windows, hardwood floors and kitchenettes after a summer long top-to-bottom renovation...
Since there has never been any formal procedure for the College and House Masters to monitor resident tutors, they are essentially free to treat their jobs as casually or as seriously as they like. But in the last month, four Houses—Cabot, Kirkland, Eliot and Pforzheimer??€”encouraged their students to participate in an online evaluation of resident tutors. This survey was the first formal chance for undergraduates to comment on the resident tutors with whom they have interacted. These evaluations should be an effective way of holding tutors responsible for making themselves an active part...
...Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 issued a report earlier this year calling attention to overcrowding in the Houses, the Harvard campus has been abuzz with discussion about how to free up extra student living space. This summer, the kitchens will be removed from Pforzheimer??€™s Wolbach building to make room for more student bedrooms. The administration’s recent push to increase study abroad options is undoubtedly related to the overcrowding problem as well. And some have even suggested cutting the number of resident tutors living in Houses...