And some close to the prefect program wonder whether more formal responsibility on behalf of the prefects for academic advising would really benefit all those involved.
"The people who would be good at prefecting are not necessarily the type of students who would be good at peer advising," says Noah S. Selsby '95, a proctor in Thayer.
Brennand agrees.
"Not every prefect is the perfect student or has the best academic sense," she says.
THE DIRT ON CONCENTRATIONS
Some academic departments already have peer advising in some form, though not all concentrations offer such programs.
Selsby says he can envision a program in which peer advising and formally administered academic advice from proctors could complement each other.
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