While the department is not looking into any changes of the advising structure, Foote said the department plans to hire more junior faculty members to decrease the student-faculty ratio.

"It comes back down to resources," he said. "We hope by increasing the size of faculty we can meet the needs of the concentrators."

Undergraduate government and history concentrators also expressed dissatisfaction with advising in their respective departments. The Government Department received a 2.79 out of 5 and the History Department received a 2.92 out of 5.

Like Foote, Associate Professor of Government and Head Tutor Louise M. Richardson claimed that student advising is a casualty of a large department..

"The reasons for this are probably not hard to find. They reflect the small size of the faculty relative to the number of students, which makes it more difficult for students to have as much interaction with faculty as they would like," Richardson said.

The department has plans to review their advising structure. The department is seeking input from the Undergraduate Affairs Committee, which includes two concentrators from each House. A committee of senior faculty will also examine the system.

The History department attributes the poor showing on this report to problems with the advising system in the past.