Also at yesterday’s meeting, the Faculty approved a significant change in the way the Administrative Board handles cases of peer dispute—limiting the cases the Ad Board investigates to ones where complaints are backed by other evidence.

This policy will affect allegations of sexual assault where students cannot provide any evidence other than their claim that they were assaulted.

Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68, who presented the proposal at the Faculty meeting, said it would eliminate lengthy investigations with no result.

“If it can be determined in advance that there will not be enough evidence to resolve a contested case, it would not only put both students through an unnecessarily long and painful process, but would really be setting up expectations that could not be fulfilled, if the Board were to pursue the investigation,” Lewis wrote in an e-mail.

Sarah B. Levit-Shore ’04, a leader of Core Curriculum and the curriculum in general.

Greer said she felt one of the most important aspects of yesterday’s meeting was that it had occurred at all.

“Overall, I think the most positive aspect was that it was the first time that students had formal channel to an administrative decision,” Greer said. “Hopefully this will be the first step in many.”

Rohit Chopra ’04, who chairs the council’s Student Affairs Committee and attended yesterday’s meeting with council President Sujean Lee ’03 and council Vice President Anne M. Fernandez ’03, said he hoped students would be more involved in administrative decisions in the future.

“The president seemed to take the committee’s report very seriously, and I hope this is only the first step in significant student input, and hopefully next time students will be on the search committee,” Chopra said.

—Staff writer Kate L. Rakoczy can be reached at rakoczy@fas.harvard.edu.