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...fairness of the ad hoc is usually one of the most essential components of a just review, but sometimes it is skipped entirely...
This April, tenure observers were shocked when Harvard skipped the ad hoc step of the tenure process to secure California Institute of Technology's Andrew Myers for the chemistry and chemical biology department. Harvard's ad hoc committee had appeared to be an intractable part of the tenure system. But, citing the outstanding nature of the Myers case and time constraints, Harvard bypassed the ad...
...senior officials admit as much. "The recent senior appointment in the chemistry department was not `ad hoc-ed' because the department believed it was extremely important to move ahead rapidly if we were not to lose the person," Rudenstine says...
Furthermore, both Knowles and Rudenstine say the Myers case was not the first to bypass the ad hoc committee...
...hard to imagine that Harvard would forego convening an ad hoc committee in a consideration of [inside] tenure, even when under pressure to make a quick decision," Masten says...