[Emeriti-faculty] Message from Professor Cebe

[Gayle Grant <gayle grant tufts edu>]

Professor Cebe has asked me to send the following e-mail:

My dear colleagues,

Had I been present at the faculty meeting at which the search procedures 
were discussed, I would have strongly objected to the point 2b (for your 
recollection, 2b is shown below my message).  I think that whatever 
interest group is hiring (say, interest group B) that group should have 
the say about who is going to be hired.  Other interest groups should 
only be able to have a say in who is NOT to be hired.

What I mean by this is: the new hire becomes a member of the whole 
department, and therefore everyone has a stake in the search outcome.  
If a person is absolutely unacceptable to interest group A, they should 
be able to say that that person should not be hired.  Obviously, we 
don't want a person to be hired who would not be accepted by all.  But 
beyond that, interest group A should not be able to tell interest group 
B who will be hired.

It would always be the case, because interest groups are not numerically 
evenly matched, that the larger groups would be able to dictate all 
hiring decisions, in the event of a non-unanimous vote of the search 
committee.  It is my opinion that, in the interests of collegiality, the 
wishes of interest group B should prevail.

Regards from Germany,
Peggy

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2b)  If the search committee is not unanimous in its
recommendations, then the faculty will vote, and that vote will be
decisive in determining the recommendation that the department
forwards to the Dean.