May 16, 2003

Peace Breaks Out in Columbia's English Dept.; Gates Will Take Sabbatical Near Princeton U.

By MEGAN ROONEY and PIPER FOGG

DEPARTMENTAL DÉTENTE: An era of tension and strife in the English department at Columbia University seems to be coming to an end, as the university prepares to offer senior positions to a handful of professors from around the world -- with, stunningly, no controversy.

After years in which ideological disagreements made it nearly impossible to recruit, and many tenured and tenure-track positions were left vacant as a result, the university's decision to delegate much of the

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