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In his speech at the event, Summers said issues of “intrinsic aptitude” might explain the under-representation of women on the science faculties of top universities.
Last spring, Summers made now-notorious comments suggesting that differences in intrinsic aptitude between men and women might account for the under-representation of women in positions of academic science. This incident catalyzed a series of Faculty meetings that culminated in an unprecedented vote of “lack of...
Yesterday, many students said they felt that Summers was unfairly persecuted by FAS faculty for his controversial remarks on “differences in intrinsic aptitude” between women and men in the sciences.
From my window in Leverett yesterday afternoon, I could see the sun setting behind Baker Library. Dara F. Goodman ’07, Co-Chair of the Radcliffe Union of Students, was readying her room for a champagne toast. A throng of students was chanting outside Mass. Hall to a...
While Summers had long suffered from frosty relations with some segments of the Faculty, his troubles deepened on Jan. 14 of last year, when he told an academic conference that “issues of intrinsic aptitude” might partly explain the underrepresentation of women in the upper echelons...