Word: upperclassmen
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Participating prefects say the changes have revitalized the program and given the upperclassmen more guidance and support...
...Some upperclassmen proposed specific channels for students to air opinions on tenure decisions...
...results of GSAS's efforts, however, will be diminished if minority undergraduates continue to feel there is no permanent place for them higher in the ivory tower. Last spring GSAS began a letter-writing campaign to encourage Harvard minority undergraduates to consider careers in academia. But for many upperclassmen whose post-graduation plans already had been formulated, the letter came too late...
...three-year-old prefect program, in which upperclassmen are assigned to visit freshmen entryways, represents one attempt Harvard has made to ease the transition for newcomers into College life. The prefect program, however, is beset with problems. A battery of new reforms will make things a bit better for the Class of '91 than they used to be, but the reforms don't address the program's essential flaw...
...University isn't committed to making sophomores, juniors and seniors real parts of its advising system, then it at least shouldn't reduce upperclassmen to playing the role of official--and gagged--friend. Harvard can choose advisors; let freshmen choose their friends...