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...proposal for an Ethnic Studies department has been in the Harvard pipeline for years; the issue has been a hot one since the 1960s. Currently ethnic studies is stalled--it has been an ad hoc committee for several years, and the faculty has repeatedly deferred any attempts to upgrade its status to a standing committee or department...
...Rudenstine's decisions last month show, even after the department recommends an in-house professor for tenure, it's no guarantee that they will pass the next level. There, Rudenstine and an ad hoc committee again compare the candidate's work against other members of their field and scrutinize the department's recommendation to ensure the faculty's commitment to the candidate...
That was in 1988. And when she returned five years later for her 40th Reunion, she had some answers. After having chaired an ad hoc committee to investigate the current status of women students and faculty, she realized it was about time to start pressing the administration for changes...
Last year, the Faculty Council deferred a proposal to upgrade the current ad hoc committee on ethnic studies to a standing committee three times...
After receiving a department's recommendation, the President makes tenure decisions with the advice of an ad hoc committee of professors and administrators. The ad hoc committee's membership and its proceedings are secret...