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...don’t find the profession of academia staid. I find it very exciting and challenging. It’s collaborative...I think it’s one of the last great places where people can really speak their minds. Especially after getting tenure??and I do have tenure, and I did run up to some troubles getting tenure because of issues of sexuality. It wasn’t about my research. I think that—well, I love academia...
...Although Christina Romer cleared the first step to tenure??winning the approval from the economics department—her appointment was overturned by Faust, who declined to comment for this story...
...However Chait, whose 2002 book “The Question of Tenure?? explores both sides of the issue, is quick to add that tenure has its benefits. “That isn’t to say that the baby needs to be thrown out with the bath water,” he says. “It also allows people to do controversial research on DNA, genetic engineering, research on the ill effects of tobacco, and a whole line of valuable inquiry that people find politically offensive...
...hope Faust takes an active role in tenure decisions, putting a greater premium on teaching ability and finding scholars in underrepresented areas. We also hope that Faust commits to giving junior faculty—who have traditionally been sent away before they return to get tenure??a better shot at promotion from within. After all, it makes little sense to appoint professors who have already done their best work.On top of all of this, Faust has the opportunity to completely reimagine Harvard’s physical campus in designing its new campus in Allston. She must lead...
...would lead to a federal lawsuit against Shleifer, one of his associates, and Harvard, resulting in a $26 million fine against the University and $2 million penalties apiece for Shleifer and the associate. When the dust settled, the University stripped Shleifer of his endowed chair—but not tenure??and the furor contributed to the ouster of Summers from the Harvard presidency...