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Associate Professor of Linguistics Bert Vaux said yesterday he is not likely to return to Harvard next fall...
...Vaux said he would be interested in a permanent position at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he is presently located while on leave from Harvard...
Junior Faculty are valuable assets to the University and deserve the courtesy and respect of the administration. Vaux claims that Harvard’s policies require that assistant professors be informed at the time of their promotion to associate professorships if the University does not want a senior professor in the field of the junior candidate—though since associate professorships at Harvard are not tenure-track positions and circumstances can change, tenure is never guaranteed. Vaux was promoted in May of 2000 and says that until this month, he received no indication that he would not get tenure...
Harvard’s junior Faculty consists of some of the brightest, most innovative young academics in the country—academics who, like Vaux, already have strong connections to Harvard students. The University’s refusal to grant Vaux tenure review is even more distressing considering his standing with Harvard’s undergraduate community. Vaux teaches a very popular Core offering, Social Analysis 34: “Knowledge of Language,” and received high marks for his teaching ability, friendliness and accessibility in the this year’s CUE guide. Quality of teaching...
...University should have told Vaux earlier whether it intended to offer him tenure review. The decision is even more unfortunate in light of his standing as a prominent teacher and scholar. Vaux deserves the opportunity to present his case for tenure...