Word: knowleses
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As with Knowles' April 1997 letter, theUniversity made women a special target group ofits campaign drive, stipulating that allsubstantial donations by women will be doubled bya fund created to encourage female philanthropy.
However, Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles insists that although it may seem more difficult to define "the best" in a certain field, the tenure process is uniform through and through.
Rudenstine receives additional advice, of course, from Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles and a committee comprised mostly of outside experts, but some say that the Harvard tenure process centralizes power in a way that can be arbitrary.
But this is the extent of Faculty involvement; the final decision is left to Rudenstine with input from Knowles and the ad hoc committee.
The ad hoc members do not always reach a consensus, for Knowles says the committee is almost always made up of some supporters and some detractors of the candidate. Since the committee does not vote, there is often no clear indication as to how the president should decide.