Word: pools
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...questions raised about the validity of quotas as a device to rectify under-representation in general, using availability statistics in establishing precise standards can be particularly difficult. Such data is problematic on a practical level as there are not universally agreed upon criteria for determining the available pool of people qualified for Harvard professorships...
...method of defining availability is determined by looking at the percentage of women and minorities granted Ph.D.s within a particular period of time. It is, however, difficult to reach a broad consensus on how to best assess this pool. There are disagreements over the precise period of time that should elapse between receiving a Ph.D. and being counted as a candidate for tenure...
...Harvard tries to recruit more women and minority professors, faculty members are worried that the pool of qualified candidates is shrinking because fewer undergraduates are going into careers in academia than in the past...
Rudenstine said the search was quick because the candidate pool was tightly limited...
...description that is reasonably coherent, and the tasks are known and the number of people who have the required kinds of experience, temperament, knowledge of the institution and talent is a very small pool," Rudenstine said. "It's not a position in which you want to place an untested person...