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When Knowles took office, Harvard’s Linguistics department was in a shambles. It had never excelled in comparison to many of its national competitors, but by the early 1990’s the situation had become embarrassing—the department had only two tenured professors, and had...
“Dean Knowles is more comfortable with appointed rather than elected committees,” agreed another senior professor. “You can avoid having people who you think might not go along.”
Knowles Intervenes
Allegations of Knowles’ autocracy have been most pronounced in instances in which he has taken a hands-on approach in mending “troubled” areas of FAS. Knowles says he has installed department chairs three times who were appointed professors in other FAS departments. In...
His critics allege that in these cases, Knowles intervened prematurely, giving the targets of his action no warning or opportunity to respond to his concerns.