Overdue COS Reform
The Committee on Standards Task Force, of which I am a member, and which has supported this op-ed, welcomes the news that Acting Dean of the College Dan Nelson has decided to reverse his past decision to delay consideration of the task force's proposals until a permanent dean assumes office in January ("Nelson to Convene New COS Committee," Oct. 5). This newspaper reported that Nelson will authorize the creation of a COS review committee immediately. While we welcome this appropriate reversal of Nelson's past decision, we question why Nelson waited until now -- when all but one of the task force members have graduated -- to reverse his past decision, and we hope that Nelson will fulfill his promise of involving task force members in the COS review process. Furthermore, we urge those people who make up the review committee to be fully aware of the need to improve COS in light of the findings and recommendations found in the task force report.