Word: hoc
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...professor who has publicly raised the issue of the arbitrariness of the tenure process is Associate Professor of Government Peter Berkowitz, who was denied tenure in April 1997. Since then, he has raised concerns about the fairness of the ad hoc committee, the body that works more closely with the president than the candidate's department...
Charles R. Nesson '60, Weld professor of law, has been an outspoken critic of Berkowitz's ad hoc committee and his subsequent denial of tenure...
...Berkowitz ad hoc was aberrant in its structure. An ad hoc usually consists of two members from within Harvard and three from outside, but Berkowitz's ad hoc consisted of four members from outside Harvard and only one from within...
Knowles says while he cannot comment on individual cases, sometimes the proportions of the ad hoc can vary in order to provide the most knowledgeable experts to advise the president...
...essential for there not only to be an ad hoc, but also for the ad hoc to be fairly composed of the most distinguished and appropriate and unbiased persons to advise the president," Nesson says. "The Berkowitz ad hoc was otherwise...