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<p>*…many professors still grumble about the back-room political logrolling they claim plays a major role in the tenure process at Yale. One professor said senior faculty have been known to make controversial decisions “in the dark of night with lightning speed.”</p>
<p>Cathy Trower, a tenure expert from Harvard, said politics are part of tenure decisions at nearly all institutions, not just at top-tier schools like Yale.</p>
<p>“Obviously everyone will tell you there are politics,” Trower said. “When I talk to junior faculty, I really encourage them to think as much politically as they do about their research and really being proactive in forging coalitions on campus and being a likeable colleague.”</p>
<p>“Because of the obvious unlikelihood of junior faculty at Yale getting tenure, the process of going through it has been crude and unattractive and in some cases just plain rude and disrespectful,” the professor, who asked not to be named, said.*</p>
<p>[Yale</a> Daily News - Delving into the complex tenure system](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/11001]Yale”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/11001)</p>