Harris says the department considered not only the results from the report and survey, but also the input of the students on the department's Undergraduate Steering Committee.
Harris says the committee members "had more effect in actually shaping the reform efforts" than the results of the report.
Harris says he thinks this change will improve student satisfaction with the advising system.
The Department of Government has not made any major changes to its advising structure yet, but the department faculty members say they plan to review the system.
According to Williams Professor of History and Political Science Roderick MacFarquhar, chair of the Department of Government, the department has formed a committee to look at the undergraduate and graduate programs, including the advising systems. The department faculty will discuss the advising system at the first department meeting.
This follows one of the recommendations of the advising report that each departmental faculty meetings include a yearly discussion of the advising system.
The government department received a 2.49 out of 5 for overall satisfaction with advising on the 1997 and 1998 senior surveys.
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