Three days after 150 Graduate School of Education (GSE) students rallied in front of Gutman Library in favor of increased diversity, GSE Dean Jerome T. Murphy released a 10-page diversity initiative update yesterday afternoon.

A group of about 25 students met for over three hours last night to review the report, which summarizes the administration's recent progress, and details plans to strengthen advising, faculty searches, and admissions efforts to diversify the student body.

The students said they were not satisfied with Murphy's reply.

"It's a lot of nice talk, but it's the same talk we've been hearing all year," masters' candidate Wei Fang said.

Fang said their demands--nine requests for information and nine substantive changes--were not met adequately.

She added that students were distressed by the way Murphy handled the situation.

"After the rally and before Thursday, we asked him how the response was coming and he said, 'I'm going to pull an all-nighter," Fang said. "Why does he have to wait to the last minute?"

Murphy had a much more positive outlook on the response.

"I used the memo as an occasion to report on what's going on and answer the students' questions," Murphy said. "It highlights what we see as real progress."