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...Harvard is justly proud of the achievements of its faculty, but has yet to adapt its appointment processes and departmental structure” to take into account competition from other universities and new expectations regarding family and professional responsibilities, the 1991 report read. “If Harvard is to be successful in senior appointments, it must attract and retain the best young women as junior faculty members...
...barely hear a reporter’s questions—perhaps on account of the bright-orange ear plugs he wears—and he refuses to divulge his first name...
...Mitt Romney, the Republican governor of Massachusetts, chimed in with his own musings at the annual St. Patrick’s Day breakfast in Boston. “I know I need to reach out to other constituencies,” Romney said, according to one account, “so I thought about the chances of organizing a Democrats for Romney group—about as good as starting a Female Mathematicians for Larry Summers group...
...level of commitment and an 80-hour work week. Summers continued with his second point, saying that there is “relatively clear evidence” that there may be a greater variance between men and women in aptitude areas such as mathematical and scientific ability, which may account for more men rising to top positions in these fields...
After issuing his apology, Summers also met with female professors and disavowed his earlier suggestion that “intrinsic aptitude” may account for the underrepresentation of women on elite science faculties. But the damage was done...