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BOSTON—Harvard made one last effort to keep its tenure process secret yesterday, arguing before a Massachusetts state appeals court that the tenure lawsuit of former Assistant Professor of Government Peter Berkowitz should be dismissed...
...Berkowitz, who was denied tenure in 1997, is suing the University for breach of contract...
That phase would allow Berkowitz to demand confidential documents and correspondence from his tenure review, bringing to light aspects of Harvard’s tenure process that have never before been made public...
...equally clear that where Harvard has chosen to enter into contract, that contract is subject to court intervention even if that means the court must intervene in academic affairs,” said David A. Handzo, an attorney for Berkowitz...
Associate Professor of Government Peter Berkowitz’s teaching career at Harvard ends, following President Neil L. Rudenstine’s spring 1997 decision to deny him tenure. Berkowitz had filed a high-profile formal tenure complaint, accusing the University of failing to follow its own procedures when considering him for tenure. A grievance committee charged with reviewing Berkowitz’s complaint found it to be “clearly without merit...