Author feels that ombudsman function should properly be performed by dean of students and his staff. If they are not, changes should be made in organization, personnel, and process of school - not by addition of another bureaucrat. (Author/CJ)

Local needs must be considered in outlining a job description for campus ombudsman. Given are 10 provisions in addition to some notes on approach. (EK)

It is the writers' opinion that for the university ombudsman to be fully functioning, the parameters of his job must be quite similar to those constituted for his Scandinavian counterparts. They propose that although organizationally responsible to the president, he is accountable to the total university community. (Author)