"The FDO solicits from both proctors and non-resident freshman advisers in both fall and spring, either narrative comments or, if proctors/advisers prefer, face-to-face meetings to discuss their sense of how their work is going and any areas in which they would welcome additional support or any suggestions they would like to offer," Nathans wrote in an e-mail.

But one of the proctors who wrote the survey said they worry that proctors risk their jobs when they come to the FDO with critical feedback.

"What we argue is that the current means of giving feedback aren't safe--or more to the point some proctors don't feel as if they are safe," the proctor wrote in an e-mail.

Reaction to the survey among proctors was mixed. Some said it was inappropriate.

"I've never felt any inhibitions about telling the deans at the FDO what I thought, so I didn't really understand it," said Michael A. Armini, a proctor in Grays Hall. "I feel like if people want to complain, they should do it in the light of day."

Other said the time for confidential feedback about the FDO is long overdue.

"There's a group of proctors who desperately want to be heard and feel that they have not been heard," said one proctor.