March 16, 2001

Professors Come and Go, and the 'Gossip' That Results

To the Editor:

How come The Chronicle's radar can pick up the "flock" of Johns Hopkins University English professors (three) leaving for other universities over the last few years but can't find the flock (five, three tenured and two untenured) coming from other universities over the same period (Peer Review, February 16)? As I said to Courtney Leatherman when she interviewed me, because Hopkins has a very strong department, its faculty members often get offers and sometimes (another

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