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...holding of any meeting in January is a recent phenomenon, according to Secretary of the Faculty David B. Fithian. The Faculty has met during reading period twice—last year and in 2005—in the past 24 years, after the current schedule was first approved...
...done in way of shaping something that might be brought up for vote in the fall,” says Menand, who will be co-chairing the group with Professor of Philosophy Alison Simmons, also a former Gang of Five member. According to Secretary of the Faculty David B. Fithian, the other members of the committee are Lindsley Professor of Psychology Stephen M. Kosslyn, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology David R. Liu ’94, Ford Professor of Human Evolution David Pilbeam, and Professor of Sociology Mary C. Waters. The committee’s charge, Menand says...
...been taken yesterday, however, it would not have been binding. Near the meeting’s outset University President Lawrence H. Summers asked whether a quorum—one-sixth of the Faculty’s 703 voting members—was present. Secretary of the Faculty David B. Fithian replied that attendance was seven short.Wrapping up discussion of evaluations, Gross said that the matter could wait until next fall because the current round of CUE evaluations is already underway and no changes could take effect until late next semester.Theda Skocpol then reported on developments at the Graduate School...
...Faculty procedure say that one-sixth of the Faculty—about 120—must be in attendance for a binding vote to be held.Minutes later, an aide handed a sheet of paper—possibly attendance figures—to Secretary of the Faculty David B. Fithian. Two members of the docket committee that manages legislation hurried out of the meeting room.Fithian did not respond to an e-mail last night seeking attendance figures. But Summers said during the meeting that a quorum had been reached.“Usually there is a bigger crowd when there?...
...nearly unanimous voice vote after more than an hour of sometimes chaotic debate. They ran out of time before being able to consider the second proposal on the meeting docket, which would delay concentration choice until the middle of sophomore year. [On Thursday, Secretary of the Faculty David B. Fithian said that 175 voting Faculty members attended Tuesday's meeting, along with 28 non-voting members and guests.] Many details of the legislation approved yesterday still need to be ironed out, such as whether courses taken for a secondary field can be double counted for Core requirements or a language...