All three of these recommendations were first announced in an April 2004 review report.

The Faculty also unanimously approved a motion by East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department Chair Philip A. Kuhn that “the Faculty undertake thorough, documented projection of how curricular changes will affect the financial support of graduate students,” which would be completed prior to voting on any portion of the curricular review.

Kuhn once again called for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) to receive its own endowment, saying that financial strains on GSAS hurt graduate students by requiring them to serve as teaching fellows in order to fund their education.

Professors also unanimously approved changes to the language of the Handbook for Students which make explicit the unstated College policy that allows the administration to require students undergoing intensive medical treatment to take a leave of absence. They also unanimously approved the Extension School courses of instruction for 2005-2006.

—Staff writer William C. Marra can be reached at wmarra@fas.harvard.edu.

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