* Scholars who recently received doctorate degrees may be reluctant to come to Harvard because of its standardized salaries for junior faculty members and the unlikely chance of receiving tenure here.

* Potential' faculty members may be reluctant to move to the Boston area because of the high property taxes and cost of living, the public school system, and what many perceive as a troubled racial climate.

* Harvard faces strong competition for minority and women candidates from other institutions seeking to improve their own affirmative action efforts.

* Nationally, many college graduates are entering more lucrative career fields than higher education.

*"Traditional" career patterns for women have resulted in many women serving as assistants to administrators rather than as administrators themselves.

Randolph's office is responsible for affirmative action and equal employment programs throughout the University. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will discuss at its meeting next Wednesday recommendations for increasing representation of women and minorities in its ranks. Those proposals were made in a report presented last fall to the Faculty Council