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...Summers finally released, a month later, a transcript of his remarks, the major media no longer cared. Few bothered to notice that Summers’ comments actually were, as advertised, rather controversial: he had posited that innate differences between men and women were a larger factor in explaining the dearth of women in science than socialization and discrimination...
...single faculty can both too easily be dismissed as an outlier and too easily generalized as representative of the larger University. Last February, when FAS voted “no-confidence” in Summers, confusion ensued. Was this emblematic of widespread discontent throughout the University? More recently, the dearth of support from FAS—presumed by those outside the academy to be representative of all Harvard faculty—prompted Summers’ resignation without any systematic input from faculty of Harvard’s other schools. Harvard needs to adopt a University senate comprised of faculty from...
...articulate leader of this University and of American higher education for 20 years. Other admirable leaders in the recent past include Vartan Gregorian at Brown University, William G. Bowen at Princeton University, Nannerl O. Keohane at Duke University, and Charles M. Vest at MIT. Nor is there a dearth of impressive leaders today: Leon Botstein of Bard University has been a vigorous spokesperson on a variety of issues for many years, and Shirley M. Tilghman has already put a distinctive mark on Princeton University in a much shorter period of time.This is neither the time nor the place to comment...
...year ago, at the first Faculty meeting of last spring semester, professors assailed Summers for his suggestion the previous month that “issues of intrinsic aptitude” might be responsible for the dearth of women scientists. That explosive meeting set off a chain of events culminating in a March 15 vote of no confidence in Summers’ leadership—a vote that undermined the president’s ability to lead FAS, if not the University...
...Territorial integrity and the safety of the people are always a prime concern for the leader of any country. Sharon became symbolic of the true soldier, a warrior and an aspirant for peace. He remains an undaunted hero, but no individual is indispensable. Israel has no dearth of successors to Sharon. K.C. Subhash Chandra Bangalore, India...