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...professors to grace Harvard’s lecterns may be things of the past. Rival universities are taking advantage of the ongoing controversy between the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and University President Lawrence H. Summers to court valuable professors, including at least two senior faculty members??Professor of Economics Caroline M. Hoxby ’88 and Chair of the Sociology Department Mary C. Waters. Faculty members who are being wooed by other schools must stay not only for Harvard students, but for themselves, and for the good of the University...
...understand that many issues factor into faculty members?? decisions to leave the College. For any professors that do decide to leave, the recent Summers controversy may have just been the catalyst—not the sole reason—that turned a long delayed career choice into a reality. But owing to the recent recruitment efforts of other schools, we are particularly worried that the current round of academic cherry-picking may succeed, to Harvard’s great detriment...
Though U.C. members?? motivations for killing the bill vary, one of the major arguments for not considering the bill was the belief that the U.C. would be “damned if it passes, damned if it doesn’t.” Council members were preoccupied with the notion that the press would misrepresent the legislation as an endorsement of Summers. Perhaps had the U.C. voted to consider the bill, the legislation could have been amended to address these concerns. Many council members who voted against the bill feared ruffling the feathers of the administration...
...remarks, one might expect WISHR to suggest that women in science at Harvard are hampered by subtle sexism in their classrooms, by a lack of female role models in their field, and by a general social perception that the sciences are the stomping ground of male scholars. Instead, members?? subsequent comments to The Crimson suggest a set of explanations almost completely in-line with Summers’ erstwhile prescription...
...addition to its possible meeting with the Corporation, the Faculty Council will meet with smaller groups of Faculty members??including the two recently-formed University task forces on women...