Harvard administrators have given no indication that they would consider a policy similar to the one outlined in the BU report--and it's unlikely that they will, said one tenure expert.
"I don't see the connection between the identified problem and the proposed solution," said Richard P. Chait, professor of higher education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a specialist on the tenure system. "And even if it were shown to be efficacious at BU, it runs contrary to the spirit and ethos of Harvard to regulate the faculty."
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