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Berkowitz's raises two broad procedural objections in his grievance. First, he alleges that the ad hoc committee convened to discuss his appointment was not well-constituted; some of its members lacked expertise in his field, while others were predictably antipathetic to his cause...
Most controversially, the Web site lists the names of the members of Berkowitz's ad hoc tenure review committee, names that had been confidential...
When the file has been approved, a tenuredFaculty member appointed by the dean of theFaculty convenes an ad hoc committee of fivescholars to consider the candidate. Theseacademics meet with the president to consider anappointment, and they hear testimony about thecandidate from both friendly and hostilewitnesses...
According to Rosovsky, although the invitationssent out to prospective ad hoc committeemembers--three experts in the candidate's fieldfrom outside the University and two generalistsfrom Harvard--bear the president's name, thepresident is not really involved in theirselection...
...would be very rare for the president tomake any changes in the list of those invited toserve on the ad hoc committee," Rosovsky said...