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The ultimate decision to bypass the committee, although made in consultation with Knowles and the Academic Deans, rested with Rudenstine.
Despite the mystery of the tenure process, observers previously believed that the ad hoc step was essential to the tenure process and was never bypassed. But both Rudenstine and Knowles have acknowledged that the ad hoc has been skipped before.
"It has been done on rare occasions for decades, and it signals no change at all [in the tenure process]," Knowles said.
The membership of such committees is ordinarily kept secret by the University as a matter of policy and Knowles refused to comment on the names Nesson had posted, insisting on the confidentiality of the proceedings.
Knowles said there is no difference in the tenure procedure for different disciplines.