Word: hoc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three of the outside scholars on Watson'sad hoc committee had themselves been rejected forHarvard posts, said a Harvard professor who metwith the group. Professors and administrators saidad hoc committees almost always include severalwho have been denied positions here...
Bate wrote in a statement to The Crimson,however, that having been rejected by Harvardthemselves, ad hoc committee members "are notalways in the most benevolent frame of mind...
...Members of the faculty have wondered if thereis a puckish predilection for making the fur fly,"Bate wrote. Ad hoc committee members sometimes usetenure reviews as a chance to take revenge onprofessional rivals or "to take a shot atHarvard," Bate said...
...gist of [the letter] was that Professor Brinkley should be reconsidered for tenure and that Dean Spence should convene the ad hoc committee," Underwood said...
Dean Spence last week told Brinkley he would not convene an ad hoc committee of experts from outside the University to consider his tenure bid, the associate professor said...