“We have students coming into SEAS who have been accepted into MIT and Stanford and other well-known engineering schools,” she said.

“They are very cognizant of the fact that they want to do engineering... at a school that is not known for engineering,” she added. “They are looking for something else.”

OTHER BUSINESS

Dean of the FAS Michael D. Smith opened the meeting by announcing the results of the recent Faculty Council elections, in which 236 ballots were cast. Four women and two men representing three tenured and three non-tenured positions at the University were elected to the Council. The six new members will assume their roles on the first of July.

Although eclipsed by the more lengthy discussion on the SEAS concentrations, revisions to the Student Handbook were also presented to the faculty by Dean Harris. Wording has already been changed to acknowledge the official recognition of Reserve Officers’ Training Corps on campus and to better coordinate the language regarding the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act with federal law.

Additionally, faculty voted unanimously to modify the Handbook to give the Administration Board jurisdiction over academic performance of College undergraduates taking classes at the Harvard Summer School.

—Staff writer Radhika Jain can be reached at radhikajain@college.harvard.edu.

—Staff writer Kevin J. Wu can be reached at kwu@college.harvard.edu.