“What I missed in the section of realistic objectives is an articulation of what we hope our students will accomplish through study abroad,” Chaput said.

“I found some of the suggestions to be, I’m afraid, a bit naive,” she continued, referring in part to the proposal that science students engage in research abroad.

The meeting reached its scheduled end after about 15 minutes of discussion of the study abroad report and before the faculty reached the remaining two items on the agenda, both of which also dealt with the curricular review.

But when a representative of the docket committee motioned to extend the meeting by half an hour, the majority of faculty members answered with a resounding “nay” and started to file out of the University Hall meeting room.

At the meeting, Summers also named this year’s new Harvard College Professors. The new recipients of the title—the most distinguished a professor can attain at the College—are Reid Professor of English and American Literature Philip J. Fisher, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics Howard Georgi, Professor of Psychology Daniel T. Gilbert, Professor of Economics Caroline M. Hoxby, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures Lino Pertile, and Herchel Smith Professor of Computer Science Margo I. Seltzer.

—Staff writer Sara E. Polsky can be reached at polsky@fas.harvard.edu.

—Staff writer Anton S. Troianovski can be reached at atroian@fas.harvard.