Word: review
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact, many junior professors say that Nord's case is a classic example of the flaws in Harvard's tenure review process. Nord, the author of two books on Victorian literature, has an impressive resume of Harvard experience. Head tutor of the English Department for several years, she sat on the Faculty Council for three years and was also a member of the Committees on Degrees in Women's Studies and History and Literature...
...Harvard's system currently works, Nord's administrative duties were not even considered in her tenure review. And, despite the support of her department's senior faculty, Nord was denied a lifetime post by an ad hoc committee of outside scholars earlier this spring...
These issues of service to the University are directly connected to the broader questions of Harvard's tenure review process, according to junior faculty. And for that reason, they say that their criticisms are unlikely to produce much change...
After receiving those evaluations, the department's senior faculty vote on the candidate, and, if they approve the promotion, Bok then convenes a group of outside scholars for a final review. The tortuous process comes to a close, though, with the president, who has final say on all hiring matters and has been known to overrule departments' recommendations...
...million today to a projected 35 million by the year 2000. Callahan also blames high-tech research for producing ingenious new operations that remain astronomically pricey even as they become popular and desirable. He proposes a slowdown on developing gimmicky procedures like artificial hearts and a more careful review of their social and economic consequences. Says he: "We keep inventing new ways to spend money, and that complicates things...