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Bate wrote in a statement to The Crimson,however, that having been rejected by Harvardthemselves, ad hoc committee members "are notalways in the most benevolent frame of mind...
...Members of the faculty have wondered if thereis a puckish predilection for making the fur fly,"Bate wrote. Ad hoc committee members sometimes usetenure reviews as a chance to take revenge onprofessional rivals or "to take a shot atHarvard," Bate said...
Bate said ad hoc committee members tend toevaluate tenure candidates thinking, "If I didn'tget it [a Harvard appointment], then neither willthis young...
...final say over seniorappointments, has not made a decision sincereceiving the ad hoc evaluation in May. Severalprofessors said that they had been told privatelythat the decision, should it come, would benegative and that in the last 10 or 15 years thead hoc evaluations essentially have becomeverdicts on tenure candidates...
...dean didn't make a judgment about Brinkleyas a scholar; he just knew that a young candidatecould never survive an ad hoc committee with aless-than-perfect case," said a faculty memberfamiliar with the review...