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...believe that in my tenure review Harvard failed to comply with its own formal procedures, institutional policies and norms of fundamental fairness enshrined in them. The associate provost of the University vigorously led opposition against me within my department (which nevertheless recommended me for tenure); the ad hoc committee, which advised the president about my tenure and was assembled by the office of the dean where the associate provost's spouse serves as associate dean for academic affairs, was severely flawed; and my candidacy for tenure was denied in April 1997 without explanation by the University president...
...general counsel refused to disclose what investigation she had made. We then investigated on our own. We found that members of the ad hoc committee that advised President Rudenstine on my tenure displayed bias, were entangled in conflicts of interest and lacked relevant expertise. And we found no evidence whatever that the general counsel had, despite her assurances, conducted an investigation. We made our findings public, , and openly prepared to return again to the committee of the governing boards with our evidence...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). Initially, we reacted with incredulity. How, we asked, could the dean of a particular Faculty review a decision taken by the University's president? How could we expect fairness in a process run by the very dean's office that assembled the ad hoc committee whose flaws I was contesting? How could the dean of FAS preside over an appeal that alleges violations in the procedures that he is responsible for administering...
...suggestions are the work of an ad hoc committee formed during the debate surrounding the dismissal of D. Drew Douglas, Class of 2000, following charges of rape. They include increased intervention on the part of senior tutors and assistant deans of freshmen when students face both Harvard disciplinary proceedings and potential legal charges...
...actions in Quincy by repeating (word for word) what she had said during the campaign: the press is, in essence, blaming her for "being organized, disciplined and thinking carefully before I speak." There is indeed no hard evidence that Cabinet meetings are scripted, although the Secretary of Labor only added fuel to the widespread media speculation by saying, "One person's script is another person's extremely detailed agenda." Mrs. Dole's chastising of the Queen of Belgium for ad-libbing in the Oval Office has probably been overplayed...