He became best known for a plan that encouraged the university to promote more of its junior faculty rather than hire senior professors from outside.

Harvard's usual policy is not to hire visiting professors until they have returned to their own schools.

In recent decades, many universities have tried to hold costs down by hiring adjuncts rather than full-time professors.

The college hires numerous professors, teachers and educators for many positions.

Also, the university can hire professors and negotiate their salaries by itself.

"The reason is fear," he said, explaining why he thought his white colleagues found reasons not to hire black professors.

The department moved more quickly than other departments to ask for funds and was able to hire several good new professors.

The school has moved away from the traditional academic structure of hiring only tenured professors.

If English departments stop offering survey courses, they don't have to pay to hire professors with the breadth necessary to teach them.

He stressed hiring better professors to secure larger graduating classes.