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...light of the apologies Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers issued following Monday’s article in the Boston Globe, it is clear that he was not looking to show that women are inherently inferior to men in math and science during his last Friday at the National Bureau of Economic Research. But while Summers’ remarks may have been taken out of context, the comments and controversies surrounding his statements are not without merit. On the contrary, I believe that this subsequent discussion has raised some important points about the role of women in math and science...
...grant that it is likely, as President Summers alleges, that he made this hypothesis “in the spirit of academic inquiry,” intending to provoke a scholarly investigation into the causes behind the current gender disparity in math and science. But while there is scientific merit in exploring these possibilities as a thought experiment conducted in private or as a controlled scientific study, the remarks at Friday’s conference fit neither of these models, despite the exclusive character of the gathering. Summers may have been invited to speak as an economist, but he cannot...
Gardner said “Summers is correct that men are overrepresented at both ends of the bell curve in terms of math-science-spatial capabilities, just as they are overrepresented at both ends in terms of many conditions, both positive and pathological...
...uninformed.” The other researcher, University of Michigan sociologist Yu Xie, said he accepted Summers’ comments as “scholarly propositions,” although he said his own analysis “goes against Larry’s suggestion that math ability is something innate...
Redline expects to increase sales with the offer of free next-day delivery and expansion from 16 courses to at least 20. According to Michael W. Reckhow ’06, Redline’s technology manager, the company will expand into departments including applied math, biological sciences, and psychology...