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GSAS students also voted on a more conciliatory second motion which expressed regret in Summers’ statements on women in science, their effects, and parts of his leadership style...
...that motion, 945 students said that they agreed with the statement, while 362 students said they disagreed. One hundred forty-nine voted to abstain, and 87 said they needed more information...
...that motion, 945 students said that they agreed with the statement, while 362 students said they disagreed. One hundred forty-nine voted to abstain, and 87 said they needed more information...
GSAS student Andrei G. Goureev said that he voted against both the motion of no confidence and the statement of regret because he thought Summers’ comments were within the realm of science...
...Neither motion is worded to be friendly. The first, “The Faculty lacks confidence in the leadership of Lawrence H. Summers,” is loaded with acquiescent response bias—the tendency of people to automatically agree with any statement presented to them, regardless of its content. How different would the results be if a Summers supporter had called the confidence motion—rather than Professor of Anthropology and of African and African American Studies J. Lorand Matory, a self-acknowledged opponent of Summers’ leadership—and asked the Faculty if they...