Word: aptitudeã
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...disappointing to see the current fracas oversimplified and grossly misconstrued. Too often, newspapers and pundits have stated that Summers’ downfall was due to an extreme faculty obsessed with the idea of political correctness. Summers’ comments on the differences in the “intrinsic aptitude?? between men and women did little to help his relationship with certain members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. But to characterize this speech as the major cause of Summers’ resignation is inaccurate and all too typical of much of the major media?...
Yesterday, many students said they felt that Summers was unfairly persecuted by FAS faculty for his controversial remarks on “differences in intrinsic aptitude?? between women and men in the sciences...
...bitter end, students supported Summers 3-to-1. Unfortunately for Summers, though, the tally for the no-confidence vote at next week’s Faculty meeting was quite likely to reveal just the opposite proportion.From last January, when Summers’ comments about “intrinsic aptitude?? catalyzed Faculty dissent, up to now, our president lost the support of many of his high profile backers in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He did so not necessarily because his ideas were flawed, but because of how he expressed them. In forming opinions, Summers favored data over...
While Summers had long suffered from frosty relations with some segments of the Faculty, his troubles deepened on Jan. 14 of last year, when he told an academic conference that “issues of intrinsic aptitude?? might partly explain the underrepresentation of women in the upper echelons of the science and engineering fields...
Yesterday, many students said they felt that Summers was unfairly persecuted by FAS faculty for his controversial remarks on “differences in intrinsic aptitude?? between women and men in the sciences...