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1.19.2005
Endless Summers The New York Times has a feature which shows which news stories are the most emailed from their World Wide Web edition. Despite the inauguration of the President, the story generating the most hype this week is about Harvard President Lawrence Summers. More specifically, the shock and horror of female faculty and alumnae about his suggestion that biologically differences may explain why female students stay away from hard science. Harvard hired him despite his infamous World Bank memo in 1991. Harvard stuck with this guy despite his conflict with Cornell West and Anthony app over African-American Studies. It's hard to believe that a statement (made on the fly) would be the nail in the coffin. After all, Summers is not someone fazed by trying to keep everyone happy. (He was the second Treasury Secretary for Bill Clinton.) Still as the criticism rolls in, there is not much insight. It is fine to say Summers is dead wrong, but what is the correct explanation? And where is the female faculty and alumni pushing to strengthen the number of women in Harvard's scientific majors? So while Harvard continues to enjoy the controversy and free advertising, don't be surprised if other Ivy League schools attempt to copy America's oldest university. Instead of shunning a personality like Summers, they may seek someone just as controversial to stir the pot. |
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