Word: decisiones
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The problems of such a secretive system became apparent most recently in 1997, when two associate professors of government were denied tenure despite strong records as teachers and scholars. Bonnie Honig and Peter Berkowitz were recommended strongly by their department and would have been valuable resources to the University. To...
First, a decision shrouded in secrecy will always give rise to rumors and accusations. When there is a conflict over a tenure decision, the more frequently University officials proclaim the objectivity of the process, the less likely the Harvard community is to believe them. A more open tenure process could...
Second, if the procedure followed in these cases was in fact improper, and a conflict of interest did occur in the ad hoc committee, greater accountability could have prevented a wrong tenure decision. Establishing specific criteria for the selection of a candidate-and requiring that the ad hoc committee justify...
These skewed priorities directly affect the undergraduate educational experience. Junior Faculty shoulder much of the teaching load at Harvard, but junior professors are understandably focused on the research that will determine their tenure chances. No junior professor should be forced to make a decision between their own careers and their...
Jon D. Levenson '71 was a sophomore in Adams House at the time, and among a minority of students who did not support the ideas, let alone the tactics, of SDS. He even approved of the decision by Harvard President Nathan M. Pusey '28 to send in the local police...