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Harvard spokesperson Alex Huppe refused comment on the specifics of the Berkowitz case or on the makeup of the ad hoc committee. Huppe reiterated that University policy is to "not comment on individual tenure cases...
Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles also refused comment. "The membership of tenure ad hoc committees and all the proceedings and documentation are, as they have always been, strictly confidential," he said...
...composition of the Berkowitz committee as reported by Lenzner differs from typical tenure ad hoc committees at Harvard...
Huppe said ad hoc tenure review committees generally consist of three Harvard scholars and two members external to Harvard. The non-Harvard members of the committee are usually experts inthe same field as the prospective appointment andthe two members from Harvard are familiar withrelated fields, according to Huppe...
Huppe emphasized that Rudenstine and Knowleshave no influence on the final composition of thead hoc committee, and are not aware of acommittee's membership until dossiers aredistributed for consideration before the ad hocmeeting...