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According to Jeffery A. Masten, an associateprofessor of English and comparative literature atNorthwestern University who was denied tenure atHarvard last December, the departure of three ofhis former colleagues reflects a fact he knowsonly too well--that the possibility of tenure isoften a long shot, even for the most talented ofjunior Faculty...
Berkowitz's appeal is likely to rekindle debates about the fairness of Harvard's tenure process. Last December, President Neil L. Rudenstine's tenure denial to another promising young professor, Jeffrey A. Masten, then Cowles Associate Professor in the Humanities, sparked a firestorm of complaints that the system often sends rising stars packing...
...department] can recommend someone for tenure, but, as we saw in the Masten case, it cannot possibly predict how likely the person is actually to get tenure," says Damrosch, who is also Bernbaum professor of literature...
...Masten was the first junior professor in seven years to be recommended by the English department for tenure...
...hard to imagine that Harvard would forego convening an ad hoc committee in a consideration of [inside] tenure, even when under pressure to make a quick decision," Masten says...