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...study found that 45 percent of women overall leave to spend time with their children, but only 21 percent of women in academia cite this as one of their own reasons for leaving...
Still, in the context of Bush’s plan to reduce the entire federal budget by 1 percent, these numbers might not seem all that bad. At least, not until one considers exactly what programs will be cut to accommodate this financial strait jacket. To cite just a few, the Nuclear Research Initiative, a program designed to promote research on safe civilian nuclear power, and the Biomass Research Development Program, which is intended to finance research on green power, will both either be terminated or have their funding significantly reduced...
Defenders of the Bush plan cite the budget of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which will get a boost in the coming year. They fail to mention, though, that most of NASA’s budget increase will go to the space shuttle, the International space station, and Bush’s plan to explore the Moon and Mars. Near-term scientific projects, even those with proven promise, will largely be scrapped. One undeserving casualty is the Hubble Space Telescope. Bush plans to terminate the Hubble Space Telescope Robotic Servicing Mission, which would extend the life...
...launch the divestment campaign have made a compelling case that the Sudanese government is perpetrating genocide and that Harvard, through its stake in PetroChina, is complicit in Sudan’s actions. You can find more information on the issue at www.harvarddivest.com. Most of the facts that divestment advocates cite are not disputed, but it’s worth addressing a few of the claims made by Harvard’s apologists...
Finally, they note that many of the academic flaws I cite “are pervasive, not unique to Harvard,” which is obviously true. But this hardly excuses Harvard, which of all universities is the best positioned—in terms of wealth, brilliance of faculty and students, and institutional power—to combat the prevailing trends in academia. Harvard is the most famous university in the world, and I hardly think that it’s “cheap journalism” to use its curriculum as an exemplar of flaws in American higher...