Word: knowleses
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After this stage, the candidate can reach the final one, review by an ad hoccommittee. President Neil L. Rudenstine, Knowles, Harvard scholars outside the department and non-Harvard scholars advise Rudenstine, who makes the final decision.
Knowles says there is constant criticism and review of the tenure system. As the problem appears to deepen in departments like English, there are signs that changes may be in the works.
"The recruitment and retention of junior Faculty is discussed often, and the past year is no exception," Knowles writes in an e-mail message. "As I announced at the full Faculty meeting in May, I expect that we shall return to these matters in the fall."
Harvard would be better served, Masten says, if it made the process more explicit. He said that the secret letters full professors use to give their recommendation to Knowles should be eliminated so that there are no discrepancies between the public vote and the secret vote.
"Indeed, I trust we'll go over the top!" Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles wrote in an e-mail message.