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...Bruce D. Watson, a popular section leader for Social Analysis 10, “Principles of Economics,” will not be allowed to continue teaching next year despite the protestations of students, Lowell House Master Diana L. Eck, and incoming Ec 10 professor N. Gregory Mankiw...
...though some Houses have occasionally hired residential tutors who do not have current Harvard affiliations, Eck said that Watson will not be rehired as one of those exceptions next year...
...Watson has reached the six-year limit of his appointment as a teaching assistant, a position for instructors who are not current graduate students in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...teaching will be unable to stay past the limit. We don’t believe that this policy will lead to a large amount of TFs staying past their expiration dates, because it seems clear that most graduate students are ultimately here for degrees, not Levenson teaching awards (Watson has two). The opportunity for extension will only be taken by a few of the top teachers, Watson among them...
...reaction to Watson’s resignation from the teaching staff of Ec 10, Ropes Professor of Political Economy and Chair of the Economics Department Alberto F. Alesina dismissed the possibility of Watson staying on, saying: “Rules are rules.” We don’t share his and the College’s faith in these rules. Harvard College students should not have to enroll in the Extension School—Watson’s next teaching destination—to ensure the quality of their instruction...