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Last week's decision by the Sociology Department not to recommend Theda R. Skocpol, associate professor of Sociology, for a tenured position is the latest example. Because of Skocpol's stature in the field, Sociology's decision seems inexplicable in many ways. Last summer, she received two prestigious awards for her book; students and colleagues consider her an excellent and concerned teacher; and four universities--which house some of the top sociology departments in the country--want her to join their faculties...
Those reasons apply specifically to the Skocpol case. The last explanation--and the one that relates the recent decision in Sociology to the larger problem of how the tenure system treats associate professors--is that some professors in the department thought Skocpol had not sufficiently established herself in the field--by Harvard standards. She has not, to use the language of the tenure guidelines, attained the lofty heights "reserved for scholars of the first order of eminence...
Parish will be joined up front by Kevin McHale, a towering rookie and Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell, the wispy veteran who led the league in both field goal percentage and annoying ability to wrest rebounds from much heavier...
With White injured and Sue Field hobbled with a bad foot, Sailer and Martin combined for most of the Harvard attack, splitting 13 shots on goal between them. Maureen Finn, who earned her fifth and sixth assists of the year on Sailer's goals, chipped in with four attempts, and Maggie Hart--starting her first varsity game--added five...
...four shots in the first half and was called upon to touch the ball only once in the second. THE NOTEBOOK: Mullen's injury has been diagnosed as a pulled quad muscle in her left leg. The freshman standout was forced to miss her first game "in my life."...Field has been plagued by a nagging heel injury, which has hampered her effectiveness as a goal scorer. Because it limits her mobility, she has been unable to build up her stamina enough and tires easily. Yesterday she sat out the first half, but came on for Hart midway through...