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...woman in what has become the hot seat of higher education, Faust will have to cope with the legacy of former University President Lawrence H. Summers, who sparked a faculty firestorm over the place of women in academia when he suggested in 2005 that “intrinsic aptitude” might account for the scarcity of women on elite science faculties...
...literate” administrator—one who will soon have the responsibility of managing the complicated task of developing a science-focused campus in Allston. She has led the initiative to increase the number of female scientists at Harvard—an effort launched by then-President Lawrence H. Summers after his January 2005 remarks about the “intrinsic aptitude” of women in science.Now, the woman who served as Summers’ troubleshooter is poised to become his successor.According to her friends and colleagues, Faust welcomes the challenge. Walter Licht...
Part of a curricular review launched in 2002, general education became an early battleground in the conflict between Faculty of Arts and Sciences professors and then-University President Lawrence H. Summers...
Faust is set to succeed Lawrence H. Summers, who stepped down one year ago amid tensions with faculty. Derek C. Bok has served as Harvard’s interim president since last summer...
...Martin Luther King Jr.’s resounding call to action, our nation has responded with unprecedented efforts to narrow the racial divide in educational opportunities, revitalize inner-city neighborhoods, and encourage minorities to participate in government. Indeed, it is expected that on Feb. 10, Senator Barack H. Obama will formally announce his candidacy for the White House, possibly paving the way for the first African-American to receive a major political party’s nomination for president...