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...Harvard's [inability] to hire [anti-Quinians] is a crucial explanation for Harvard's slippage," Leiter said. "There was this term 'to get Drebenized'-Dreben would beat into the students and faculty this deflationary view of philosophy...
...latter point, Leiter concurs-his second critique of Harvard involved its policy towards its junior faculty. He cites Harvard's traditionally draconian tenure procedures, in which promising doctoral students and junior faculty are encouraged to make their reputations elsewhere and then return to the University and receive tenure, as a complementary reason for the department's loss of stature...
...ironically, department members say that the greatest obstacle confronted by the department has been Leiter himself...
...Leiter and Harvard faculty agree that many of Harvard's problems are now being addressed more effectively than ever before...
...Leiter points to Heck's tenure as a sign both that Quine's legacy may be waning and that the attitudes towards promotion that hurt the department may be changing...