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According to David A. Evans, chair of CCB and Lawrence professor of chemistry, Rudenstine "ruled that an ad hoc committee did not have to be convened because of the strength of the case...
...hoc committee traditionally meets to review a candidate who has been recommended for tenure by a department. The committee--which consists of experts from within and outside Harvard--makes a recommendation to Rudenstine, but does not vote. Later, Rudenstine and Knowles meet and then Rudenstine personally makes the final tenure decision...
Harvard's confidential tenure process--and the ad hoc committee in particular--has come under fire with last spring's tenure denials of Associate Professor of Government Peter Berkowitz and Bonnie Honig, now a tenured professor at Northwestern University...
Some observers have alleged improprieties in the makeup of Berkowitz's ad hoc committee, which did not recommend him for tenure...
...tenured professor in the government department, who refused to be named, was unaware of a previous case where the ad hoc committee stage was bypassed...