"In practice, the deans raid our departments for committee membership almost mercilessly," he added.

The co-chair of the report committee, however, said she was sure faculty would willingly spend time to examine the council.

"I think that we'll find faculty who are interested in this particular aspect of college life," said Administrative Dean of the Faculty Nancy L. Maull.

The report recommended the review because the council has never been evaluated, said co-chair of the committee Harry R. Lewis, Gordon McKay professor of computer science.

The council may not be living up to the ideals that established it, he said.

"There was an awareness on the part of some committee members that the hopes conceived in the Dowling report on the U.C. may not have been realized," Lewis said.

The Committee to Review College Governance issued the Dowling Report in March, 1981.

Committee Suggestions

The report recommended five council committees, including an Educational Policy Committee, instead of the three that currently exist.

The Dowling committee also said the report should be rejected "unless it provides provision for involving students more directly in all decision-making processes within the College, including tenure decisions, curricular offerings, and requirements for degrees."

Maull agreed the council is not perfect, but said those of other schools are not much better.

"I don't actually know of a large institution that has a satisfactory student government," Maull said.

The review may be tied to a general need for oversight, but has no connection to specific council scandals, Skocpol said.

"Everything in the University gets reviewed eventually," she said.

Maull added that the council recommendation is a very small part of the 78-page report