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...when a group of professors expressed its disappointment with the numbers in a letter to Summers and Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby, it did not explode until Summers suggested on Jan. 14 that “issues of intrinsic aptitude” might be responsible for the dearth of female professors in the sciences...
...wake of faculty criticism over University President Lawrence H. Summers’ January remarks on women in science, recommended the creation of the post. The work of those task forces, one of which was chaired by Hammonds, also led to a $50 million initiative to address a dearth of women faculty and students in the sciences...
...answer session that followed Summers’ remarks, although the students also addressed other topics—including Harvard’s place in the public eye and Summers’ controversial January remarks that “issues of intrinsic aptitude” may be responsible for a dearth of women scientists. Those comments sparked strong criticism from many professors and culminated in a March vote of no confidence in Summers’ leadership...
...father of the child." Young black women under age 24 are facing "a shrinking pool of marriageable--that is, economically stable--young men," explains Sociologist William Julius Wilson of the University of Chicago, who coauthored a 1985 study titled Poverty and Family Structure. The reasons he cites for the dearth of eligible candidates: unemployment, incarceration and an appalling rate of murder, the leading cause of death of black males...
...only 12.5 percent of new tenured faculty were women. The crisis is especially severe in the fields of science and math. In Harvard’s history, only one woman has ever been tenured in the Chemistry Department—Richards Professor of Chemistry Cynthia Friend. With such a dearth of women faculty, Summers’ comments do not simply seem offensive; they seem like excuses. When addressing a problem of this magnitude, it is important for the president of the University to consider carefully the remarks he makes...