But Dean of Undergraduate Education Benedict H. Gross ’71 said he doubted the utility of Greenspan’s effort.
“Usually bulletin boards of this nature generate more heat than light,” he said.
He added that the University is already receptive to student opinion.
“My door is always open to students,” Gross said.
In addition, students have traditionally used the CUE Guide to voice their feelings about the quality of instruction in specific classes.
Former Editor-in-Chief of the CUE Guide Pawan Nelson ’04 said he thinks that the guide is an already-effective means for students to critique instruction.
Some students agreed that the CUE Guide may provide a more thorough representation of opinion.
“One good thing about the CUE Guide is that everybody is supposed to fill it out,” said Travis M. Beamish ’04. “The website will have more extreme views, and it might not be representative of Harvard as a whole.”
The CriticalMass website is located at harvard.thinkcomputer.org/projects/criticalmass.html. Students must register to use the site, with registration limited to students in the College.
—Staff writer Wendy D. Widman can be reached at widman@fas.harvard.edu.