Kirby appointed the committee last fall and asked its members to report back to him in the spring.
But after a year of gathering data, the committee—chaired by Richards Professor of Chemistry Cynthia Friend—began to draft its recommendations over the summer.
While the details remain confidential, Kirby has said that he hoped the investigation would lead to a clarification of the tenure policy and a handbook on the procedures for all faculty.
“There may be some changes to procedures, but above all the goal is great clarity and commonality,” Kirby said last spring.
—Staff writer Jessica E. Vascellaro can be reached at vascell@fas.harvard.edu.
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