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...have seen their younger colleagues from the other side of the lectern. Their teaching skills alone ought to be enough to earn reconsideration for Mr. Lee and Mr. Brinkley. Mr. Brinkley's courses have been oversubscribed for years, an indication of quality, ability and trust as certain as the Levenson Teaching Award won by Mr. Lee. Both men infuse their teaching of history with insights beyond the chronological and political--in Mr. Lee's case, the diplomatic and military: in Mr. Brinkley's, the social and intellectual. Far more important, both generate great interest from undergraduates through their own obvious...
...courses in the book and bear a great burden of their department's teaching load. Brinkley and Starr, a Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist, now at Princeton, also practice a cogent writing style in their academic work that promotes accessibility to their research. The University itself honored Lee with the Levenson Award as Harvard's most outstanding teacher last year. Yet the door has been opened for all four--the door...
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...