The committee concludes the section by saying these views "seem . . . to be held by a significant segment of the student body, and if some within it may be dissenters by temperament, it includes many reflective students as well."

However, the report checks itself by noting that "by no means all of the responses expressed a desire for significant change." It mentions that a number of students stressed the importance of maintaining the high academic standards of the school.

Also noting "financial constraints on some kinds of change," the committee points up the fact that "there was no broad agreement on proposals for cure."

The Governance Committee report is the culmination of a month-long sampling of Law students on the issue of finding a new dean.

The sampling drew from a series of open meetings, which included a symposium entitled "The Future of Legal Education at Harvard," a questionnaire distributed in Law School classes and answered by about 60 students; and individual meetings with ten student organizations at the school.