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...eligible to be granted a tenured professorship—as a way to improve gender diversity in FAS. The issue sparked national interest in early 2005, after then-University president Lawrence H. Summers suggested that a lack of “intrinsic aptitude” might account for the dearth of women in the sciences.But according to the report, Harvard’s biggest problem may lie in recruiting faculty for the humanities. Martin found that only 34 percent of FAS tenure-track professors in the humanities are women—even though the percentage of students who gain PhDs...
...called a “mini-Annenberg,” Fly-by was a place where friends from distant Houses could catch up. “Now all we have is floor, hard marble floor,” said Raymond L. Yu ’07, commenting on the dearth of tables and chairs in the Sanders lobby. Despite students’ complaints, HUDS spokeswoman Crista Martin said that the number of students using the service has remained “virtually the same”—in the high 500s on busy days and in the 300s...
...agreed with the emperor’s position, he was forced to issue a personal and public apology—just as Larry Summers had to do after he hypothesized at a conference last year that “issues of intrinsic aptitude” could account for the dearth of women scientists on the faculties of elite universities...
...Core Standing Committee. Then, and only then, can a departmental course get an up or down vote on double-counting as a Core class. This administrative nightmare is compounded by the fact that the Core Standing Committee meets rarely and with little input from the student body. The resulting dearth of cross-listed departmental courses makes the already limited Core offerings even more crowded and impersonal than they might otherwise be. Literature and Arts B-11, “The Art of Film,” for example, drew upwards of 700 students to its first meeting (and ended...
...context, of course, is students’ longing for teachers who can teach and inspire. There seems to be a dearth of this type of educator at Harvard, and so at the slightest glimmer of hope, students flock to take advantage of a real educational opportunity...