Professor of History and Head Tutor Lizabeth C. Cohen said the department takes the survey results very seriously.
"The department has been concerned with this for at least a year," Cohen said. "Over the last year we have gone through a lot of changes. I feel like we're really addressing this and my hope and expectations is that on the next survey the results will change."
Cohen said the department has tried to improve the House advising system and the tutorial office in addition to assigning each concentrator a faculty adviser.
"We're really trying to reach out to people," she said. "But all we can do is put it out there."
Questioning the Questionnaire
"There's a real range in what student expectations are about advising," Cohen said.
Foote also drew attention to the difference between advising and mentoring, adding that he thinks concentrators in his department students are unhappy with a lack of personal connections with faculty rather than a lack of advice.
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