Word: hoc
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...elected members, in dismissing Berkowitz's grievance, rejected his principal charges against the University. His complaint centered on allegations that his tenure review was contaminated both by the ad hoc committee of scholars convened to assess him and by the intervention of Associate Provost Dennis F. Thompson, a member of Berkowitz's department and a University official...
Berkowitz claimed in his grievance that four of the five professors who served on his ad hoc committee "showed bias, conflict of interest, or lack of relevant expertise...
Harvard's tenure procedures dictate that an ad hoc committee be formed after a candidate has received his or her department's recommendation...
According to University rules, Rudenstine, as president, is free to disregard the advice of either or both the relevant department and the ad hoc committee in making his decision about tenure...
Endorsed by the Department of Government, Berkowitz did not receive the backing of a majority of the ad hoc committee members...