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Currently, the Council is leaning against endorsing the only provision in the Verba Report which would require a full Faculty vote--the creation of a standing faculty committee on affirmative action, said Faculty Council member Annemette Sorensen...
Under the report's proposals, each department would appoint an affirmative action representative to monitor its recruitment efforts, and these faculty members would form the standing committee chaired by a newly appointed assistant dean...
...report's other provisions are in the handsof Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence, althoughhe has said he will not take action withoutfaculty input. And the Faculty Council isdiscussing the entire report, professors said...
Spence originally created the Verba Committeeafter the Minority Students Alliance (MSA) wrote areport criticizing FAS for "confusion" and"complacency" in its minority recruitmentpolicies. And while student activists havecriticized the Verba Report for being too weak,they have endorsed it as a minimal first steptoward a more comprehensive affirmative actionpolicy...
Recently, student activists have demanded thatformal action be taken on the report this spring,but faculty members said discussion of therecommendations may spill over into facultymeetings early next fall...