Caroline W. Bynum '82, chair of the evaluation committee and University professor of history at Columbia University, said she expected the report's "radical" nature to rattle some people at Radcliffe.

"I realize that some of the things that were recommended will be difficult for some of the people at Radcliffe because some radical change is envisioned, but I hope that the existing Radcliffe could find a way of pulling together and feeling that an essential part of its mission is enhanced by this," Bynum said.

The report is candidly critical of certain parts of Radcliffe hile calling for a streamlining that would rally Radcliffe around an academic mission.

"Activities should be preserved or initiated only if they serve the central purposes of the Institute at the standard of quality required for an institute for advanced study," one portion of the report reads.

But Dean of the Institute Drew Gilpin Faust says that she does not intend to make radical changes to Radcliffe in the near future.

"We're going to look very carefully at how these various parts of Radcliffe College fit with Radcliffe Institute, but we have no plans to eliminate any of the existing units at the present time," Faust said.

The report makes no specific mention of how the Radcliffe Institute might involve itself with undergraduates.