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...have just read the Jan.7 letter in which my former colleague Philip Brian Harper discusses the denial of tenure to Jeffrey Masten. I myself strongly supported Masten's promotion and regretted very much that it did not happen, but I would like to restate the remarks of mine to which Harper refers in the hope of clarifying two aspects of the Harvard system that are not always well understood...
Much though I wish Jeffrey Masten had received tenure at Harvard, I am well aware that the stakes are high and that the President faces an exceptionally difficult decision when he makes an appointment that will stand for the next fourty years. --Leo Damrosch, chair of Department of English and American Literature and Language
Being safely situated out-side Harvard, I feel at liberty to comment on a couple of suggestions made by English department chair Leo Damrosch in regard to the University's recent failure to tenure Prof. Jeffrey Masten. According to the Crimson's Dec. 10 article on the case, Damrosch speculates that Harvard must stint on granting tenure to English literature Faculty because the department is small, presumably meaning that it can accommodate only a choice few in its senior ranks. I have heard this argument before, and I am as bemused by it now as I was when...
...have some historical perspective on the controversy surrounding English professor Jeffrey Masten's denial of tenure which may interest others in our community...
...things, as I expect to receive my third Harvard degree in June. My point here is this: very few people say "no" to Harvard. No one is going to withhold their check because a junior professor has to leave. Only if this situation began to change, would scholars like Jeffrey Masten have the chance to continue to grace Harvard with their talents. --Maria C. Sanchez '90, M.A. '93 TF and Tutor in English