Recommendation 6 - Conduct a Review of Academic Affinity Houses and Programs
The committee proposes that a new committee appointed jointly by the Dean of the College and the Dean of the Faculty be created to oversee the academic affinity houses and programs. This committee would first undertake a thorough review of the present academic affinity programs. The Committee on the Student Life Initiative makes the following suggestions as to factors that should be considered in this review. Over time, all programs should be required to maintain a bona fide sponsorship by, and interaction with, a Dartmouth academic department. Programs that control associated affinity houses should have a sufficient number of interested residents to fill the beds, as necessary to play their part in maintaining adequate available on-campus housing especially in the fall term. (Randomly assigned residents are not appropriate to meet this requirement.) At least one non-student mentor (e.g., visiting faculty or graduate student) should reside in each house. We propose that if any of these standards are not met, the facility operated by the affinity house should be reallocated by the Dean of the College to another preferred use.
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