Several faculty members who read the letter said it also picked up on concerns voiced by other professors in recent months that the University administration has not been open enough about plans for Allston and science.

“The letter just raises some general issues...about actual decisions getting way ahead of what the Faculty are being told has been decided,” said one professor.

According to a member of the council, “a fair amount of faculty” feel the University is moving ahead too fast with plans for Allston.

Professor of the History of Science Everett I. Mendelsohn, a member of the council, said he expected today’s discussion to revolve around similar concerns to those raised at recent Faculty meetings.

At last week’s meeting, Professor of German Peter J. Burgard asked Summers whether the Faculty would be given an opportunity to vote on Allston plans.

Summers replied that decisions of that nature are reserved for the University’s governing boards.

“I know that many members of the Faculty are particularly concerned that discussion about what happens in Allston be widely examined within the Faculty as a whole and that there be a real mode of consultation between the Faculty and those who make the decisions,” Mendelsohn said yesterday. “I think this is an important issue since this will affect the future of the University for decades to come.”

Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences Douglas A. Melton, a member of the task force that will plan the future of science in Allston, said last night that he had not seen Shieber’s letter and was not aware of specific worries within the Faculty.

“Whenever you talk about moving, people are going to be concerned,” he said. “I haven’t heard any specific concerns.... Nor have I heard any specific [Allston] plans.”

Assistant Professor of Biology Kathleen Donohue, a member of the council, also said it was too soon to comment on the plans.

“It’s really hard to have a reaction to the plans because we don’t really know what the plans are yet,” she said.

She added that Allston might represent a key frontier for expansion.

“Having more space for science facilities is a wonderful thing,” she said. “It’s very difficult to find any more in Cambridge, so there’s a lot of opportunity there.”

—Staff writer Stephen M. Marks contributed to the reporting of this story.

—Staff writer Jessica R. Rubin-Wills can be reached at rubinwil@fas.harvard.edu.