Rx for Chicago: an action plan for the new president

Colleges & Universities University of Chicago
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<p>And, if one believes somewhat higher test scores, prestige and grade inflation make for a happy student body one may want to read this:</p>

<p>Poll: Harvard Students Mostly Unhappy
Mar 2006</p>

<p>CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A long-held stereotype that Harvard undergraduates feel neglected by their professors and don’t have as much fun as students at other colleges now has some data to back it up.</p>

<p>Student satisfaction at Harvard College ranks near the bottom of a group of 31 elite private schools, according to survey results outlined in a confidential memo obtained by The Boston Globe and reported in Tuesday’s editions.</p>

<p>… The 21-page memo, from staff researchers at Harvard to academic deans, documents student dissatisfaction with faculty availability, quality of instruction, quality of advising, as well as the sense of community and social life on campus.</p>

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