Word: marketeers
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...every junior faculty member at Harvard contemplates such bleak prospects. Yet almost every assistant professor here shares anxiety over an increasingly tight academic job market, the tug of war between teaching and research, and the driving need to publish, to gain prominence in his chosen field. The post of junior faculty member itself is something of an anomaly. Not yet established in the profession, the assistant professor stands below the senior faculty in status and in age. But he outranks the graduate student in intellectual achievement and position. As one assistant professor puts it. "Junior faculty are in an intellectual...
...most junior faculty than the irritations of differential treatment, however, is the fact that most have absolutely no chance of receiving a tenure position at Harvard. The percentage of junior faculty Harvard has tenured over the last century gauges as well as any figures the flooding of the academic market with well-trained scholars. Bruce Collier, special assistant to Dean Rosovsky, outlines the facts: In the early part of the century, Harvard granted tenure to over 50 per cent of its junior faculty. In the early 60s, about 20 per cent of the in-house faculty received tenure. Over...
...stumbling blocks, surprisingly enough in this well-endowed university, is money. Harvard professors' salaries are by no means the highest in the country. "This place isn't the inevitable talent market it used to be--other universities are much richer and can pay more than Harvard. The City University of New York has one endowed chair of $100,000--Harvard would never offer that much," an assistant professor says. "We just can't compete financially," agrees Donald...
Others believe the harshness of the tenure system itself drives talent away. Peter A. Dale, assistant professor of English, argues that the near-certainty of tenure denial at Harvard, given the scarce job market around the country for academics, will begin to dissuade the most talented young scholars from choosing to come to Harvard if they have the choice in a tenure track position at another university. "If one had a viable offer elsewhere, it would be foolish to come here," Dale says, adding, "Other universities of lesser stature can lure the best professors away, because they can say what...
While a clearer job description may help to forestall illusions on the part of Harvard's junior faculty, honesty about the University's limitations does not solve the more fundamental problems of the job market, the publication mania and the resulting laissez-faire attitude toward undergraduate education. Although few would advocate that the University turn away from its search for the best and the brightest, some believe Harvard's educational reputation demands a reassessment of these anomalies. At least one junior faculty member, however, doubts Harvard's willingness to face this challenge. He says, "To change the situation, you need...