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But Lieberman says she is disappointed by the scaling back of a service she had anticipated using.

Peimer suggests that RCS's programs could have been preserved by consolidation with Harvard's Office of Career Services (OCS).

"The one thing that could kind of solve the void that will be left would be to integrate some of the personalized services available from RCS into OCS," she says.

The Radcliffe administration is currently investigating ways to keep offering the services which are now on the chopping block.

And Radcliffe officials say they will not leave the RCS staffers out in the cold.

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"We're making every effort to find them jobs within Radcliffe, within Harvard and within our extensive professional contacts," Chamberlin said earlier in the year.

Not Adequately Consulted?

Many students are equally upset about not being consulted before any of the changes were announced, or adequately informed after the changes were released.

About 50 students attended an open question-and-answer session on December 7 with Wilson and Vice President Barbara J. Nelson.

In an interview after that meeting, Melissa G. Liazos '96, a coordinator of the Lyman Common Room, said that she "was more worried going out of the meeting than coming in, because it was evident that there hadn't been any undergraduate input" beyond informal chats.

Lieberman joins Liazos in protesting the lack of student involvement in the restructuring, calling for undergraduate input in the search for the dean of educational programs.

"Radcliffe should make a concerted...effort to get undergraduate input into the actual implementation," Lieberman says.

Peimer says Wilson promised at the informational meeting that she would seek undergraduate input on future stages of the restructuring.

Peimer says that has not been the case thus far.

"They still haven't asked any students, to my knowledge, for input," she says.

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