Word: levenson
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Associate Professor of American HistoryBradford A. Lee, another popular junior professorand a recipient of a Levenson prize foroutstanding teaching, also recently failed to wina permanent position. That case offers less-clearcommentary on the tenure system because Lee didnot muster enough support within the HistoryDepartment to win its endorsement, professorssaid...
That Harvard has attracted "top-rate junior faculty" is not a point of contention. Bradford Lee received the Levenson award for outstanding teaching. Alan Brinkley won the American Book Award for history in 1983. Robert Watson received unanimous endorsement for tenure from the English department. Each of these professors has offered courses among the most popular in the catalog. All were denied a senior position at Harvard...
...winning a Levenson award for outstanding teaching, Lee sacrificed time for research, and perhaps a chance to join Harvard's tenure elite...
Judges will accept nominations until tomorrow at 5 p.m. for the Levenson prize, an annual award which honors teachers for their dedication to undergraduates, said Thomas C. Cronin '87, chairman of the council's subcommittee on the Levenson award...
...award was established as a memorial to the late Harvard professor Joseph R. Levenson...