King said that an additional tax on the schools' operating budgets would put an excessive strain on their resources.

The resources committee also explored using different tax rates on the endowments of the different schools, but King said that such non-uniform taxing of endowments is illegal.

The central administration re-iterated that the University would only continue the proposed funding structure for five years, and that it would not serve as a precedent for future funding.

King said that decisions regarding use of the fund would be made by the President and deans of the schools, after being reviewed by an infrastructure committee that would include representatives of the schools, Corporation members and representatives of the central administration. Such a committee would likely include two members of the FAS faculty.

Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology Theda Skocpol said faculty input should always be present in important University-wide decisions.

"Now that it's clear that such models may be come necessary for other expenditures in the future, we need new permanent structures of governance that are transparent and palpably fair," Skocpol said.