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"The tenure process is exactly the same across the humanities, social sciences and sciences," Knowles said.
According to Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, the mean salary for Harvard Faculty is "at or near the highest in the country" in all age groups. Beside a few higher-paid University professors, most salaries are tightly clustered around this mean of about $125,000.
Knowles acknowledged this in his annual budget letter to the Faculty. "We could all earn more elsewhere as the lone star in a less luminous firmament," he writes.
Knowles and others are quick to point toHarvard's tightly-clustered salary system asevidence that the University values "collegiality"over the clear hierarchy of salary star systems.
And, while Knowles refuses to comment on theissue of perks, Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67admits that all-important academic perks are "noteven-handedly distributed."