Cabot pointed out the problem with this is that the forms themselves are not reliable. Kaplan suggested a joint meeting with the Graduate Council, saying the committee shouldn't work in a vacuum. Breidenbach reported that the Directors of Undergraduate Studies were considering the issue of TA training and preparation. Several members wondered whether the committee should invite Dean Martin but others noted such a visit would only be valuable if Dean Armstrong could also come. Members acknowledged that there were many different issues, some of them intractible.
Some departments do an excellent job and others fail miserably.
The meeting was adjourned.