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...larger ones, professors will write only brief letters when evaluating tenure candidates outside of their fields. “Some departments delegate a bit more than other departments do,” says Martin, who is also Dillon professor of international affairs. The size of the department can also affect the strength of the tenure case that is presented for higher review by an ad hoc committee. “I think generally, larger departments make better appointments, because there’s a much greater variety of opinions about a given candidate,” says Sanskrit and Indian...
...probably adopt such a process, but I don’t know that it obviously does,” Saller says.Although Columbia University does put tenure cases through an ad hoc scrutiny, Provost Alan Brinkley agrees that the existence of an ad hoc committee does not seem to significantly affect the quality of the tenure process.Brinkley says rigorous tenure review at the departmental level is the most important part of the tenure process, but central administration processes such as ad hoc committees force the departments to take their cases seriously in anticipation of higher-level review.“They?...
...advisers - economic adisers and arms control advisers and climate change advisers - and the point I want to make is that it would be good to have some religious advisers too. There are elements of religious history that are playing themselves out today - primarily in the Muslim world - that affect the way countries behave and the way they see the West. And so it affects how the battle of ideas is carried forward...
...last year’s college graduates at that same firm. He added that the company has hired more Harvard students than last year. And for Randall T. Adams ’06, who is not immediately entering the job market, an increase in college-graduate hiring will positively affect his future plans. He said he plans to accept a fellowship before attending law school. “The law-school pool should be less competitive if more people are going into the job market,” Adams said. Although he was not familiar with the NACE survey, Adams...
...Harvard Book Store, Mark Lamphier, the manager, said on Monday that he did not have sales numbers for “Opal Mehta” and did not know how the controversy would affect sales...