Sizer pointed out that "the substantive recommendations of the working committees have been available for several months," adding there would be another open meeting soon.
Sizer said the faculty will "hopefully make some decisions on the CAP report before Christmas, difficult though they may be."
But that will not be the end of the CAP's work. The CAP and the school as a whole will have to ask "what faculty do we need to implement the new priorities," said Arthur G. Powell, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. The CAP will then establish search committees drawn from the whole school, with final recommendations on new faculty made by the senior faculty.
And there is the perennial problem of resource allocation to the various shops. "We will strive for equity within the formula of resource allocation according to service load in the school," said Sizer.
In any event, the present CAP report is clearly the product of a school "committed," in the words of the report itself, "to flexibility and continuous reassessment."
Out of this will hopefully come "a more powerful vehicle for educational reform."