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...simple problem of space. There are a limited number of tenured professorships, many of which are held by aging faculty who remain in place indefinitely. Harvard might consider a solution in place at a variety of other schools—a mandatory retirement age, after which professors would become emeritus professors. Such a measure would not only free up slots for junior professors, but would also dilute the influence of old guard professors who cling to the notion that junior professors must leave Harvard before securing tenure. While former University President Lawrence H. Summers claimed that tenure reform...
...part of its ethics code. There might also be a business case for disclosure, according to Northeastern's Carl. Working with BzzAgent data, he found that agents actually gain credibility by mentioning their affiliation. Word of mouth is built on trust, explains Gerald Zaltman, a sociologist and professor emeritus at Harvard Business School. Fessing up reinforces that...
...Collar Bostonese as much as he liked. Because I sound neither like Al Sharpton nor Ted Kennedy '54-'56, I clearly confuse Mr. Bartenstein, and that is a pity for he might discover that despite my accent I might have something worthwhile to say. My late colleague Porter Professor Emeritus Sydney J. Freedberg, among our most distinguished of art historians and a native Bostonian, was asked where he got his plumy accent. He replied, “pure affectation.” I admired his dismissal of an impertinent inquiry, but I acquired my tongue the old fashioned...
...committee unanimously voted to scrap the race-conscious assignment system because similar programs had come under constitutional attack in recent years, according to Charles V. Willie, a professor emeritus at the Graduate School of Education. The committee replaced it with a plan that focused on socioeconomic diversity...
...Wednesday at a press conference in New York City, Taylor, 75, a professor at Northwestern University and professor emeritus at McGill University in Montreal, was proclaimed the latest Templeton laureate for his work in trying to bring a spiritual dimension, not to the sciences but to the humanities and social sciences - fields that overwhelmingly influence public policy, and thus affect peoples' lives directly. Taylor has argued in essays and scholarly articles that by failing to take individuals' spiritual needs into account and focusing only on the economic and political, politicians and social theorists have left out a crucial avenue...