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I recall seeing the forms in our magazine pre-internet; they may still be available in that format (haven't read the magazine for quite a while, too many other things going on). Many pre-internet alumnae (euphemism for those of a Certain Age) will submit printed/handwritten recs so the forms are readily available to them via the magazine.
No advantage or need to keep them "removed from public view". No harm in transparency - why shouldn't the PNM know what questions the form contains? We ask for photos, resume, etc. and we likely know the PNM or have some acquaintance with her, in many cases. She may not be privy to the responses we provide, however.
I laughed at the image of an alum (or alums) furiously churning out recs to fulfill some requirement. Reminded me of the "twelve monkeys sitting in front of twelve typewriters" stuff.
AOE-7, have you discussed recommendations with your alumnae and advisors? You might get some good answers and insight from them as to the history and practice. I suspect that in your lifetime the rec requirement will disappear. Thanks to the Internet and the Millenials' need to document EVERYTHING on the Internet, paired with search engines, we can find out anything and everything about people with a few clicks.
writing this at 3 am because the dog woke me up barking at some wild animal outside (probably a bobcat), and there are something like 16 pages of new posts, mainly spam. This thread was on page 11. I can see how legitimate posts get swept up and dumped in the massive spam cleanup that the super mods and mods have to do constantly. This is unreal.
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