Date:         Mon, 08 Dec 97 20:27:23 EST
From: Alan Davidson <DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject:      time limits (to continue ....)
To: socgrad@CSF.COLORADO.EDU
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Being somewhat closer to the negotiations on this issue than I have time
and energy to (being part-owner of a grad. student listserv here doesn't
help), the sentiment of the graduate school is exactly what Danielle
implies -- departments in this political environment (the wider political
environment surrounding higher education) have to do a better job of
getting students through more quickly -- and that involves monitoring how
long students are taking -- and employment authorizations are one way of
doing this.  Sure, it is possible to get out in five years past ba -- if
one has relatively few exams to take, relatively few courses to take,
relatively few courses to teach as the instructor of record, and
a Major Advisory system where the Major Advisor and the student are
understood to be in control of the process and where department members and
Associate Advisors are resource persons/colleagues.  The problem is many
programs aren't structured in this way.