KNOWING YOU'RE GOING

There are approximately 390 tenured members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Under the Graustein plan, there are approximately 260 junior faculty people--two-thirds as many. Theoretically, since there is an eight-year sequence, some 33 men will be in the final year at any time. Now if a man stays around 34 years, Some 11 men will retire from the senior faculty every year. Based on the period 1962 to 1965, 45 per cent of Harvard's tenure appointments go to Harvard junior faculty, or five of these 11. Therefore, five out of 33 get tenure, or 15 per cent.