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This goal is not new to the masters selection process, according Thomas A. Dingman '67, associate dean of the College for human resources and the House system...
...will literally take decades to move a sufficiently big and strong group of [people of color] through the system," says Palfrey. "We have a process that takes taking decades to build. It is a painfully slow process...
...three years ago still remain there, even though others have greatly improved their advising procedures. The surveys convey a simple message: Students want advising programs that involve meaningful interaction with Faculty members. Both the laggard concentrations and the College should take this message into account, re-examining the advising process to serve students better and to help them get more out of their undergraduate education...
...fair, the economics department also encourages students to form individual mentoring relationships with the Faculty. Yet, including professors in the formal advising process would do much to improve the experiences of students in the concentration. A graduate student may be perfectly competent to give technical advice on the graduation requirements, but without a formal connection to the Faculty, it is much harder for students to find the kind of mentor from whom they would truly benefit. Even senior Faculty should have some connection to the undergraduates in their departments; they have the experience and familiarity to be talented advisers...
Ultimately, advising is based on the interest of the students, and student involvement is vital to fixing the process. The English department's reforms were made after significant involvement by the concentration's undergraduate steering committee, and students in other concentrations can make an equally important difference by pressuring their departments as well as the College as a whole...