Word: rigor
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...offered all of us help and encouragement in our ability to perform at the highest levels in our academic work. He took our comments and arguments seriously and treated each of us with the greatest respect. He fostered in us an appreciation for logical thought, intellectual honesty, and scientific rigor in analyzing issues. Perhaps most importantly, he urged us to have confidence in our abilities. He never made the slightest distinction between us and our male peers...
Nonetheless, Summers was always eager to hear our diverse views, and he was thrilled when we would display the sort of passion and rigor that he loves—especially when we reached conclusions different from his and forced him to reconcile his ideas with our evidence. And as important as it is for Harvard’s president to propose theories, it is equally admirable for other scholars and students to challenge Summers’ statements with theories, research and discussions of every kind...
Nonetheless, Summers was always eager to hear our diverse views, and he was thrilled when we would display the sort of passion and rigor that he loves—especially when we reached conclusions different from his and forced him to reconcile his ideas with our evidence. And as important as it is for Harvard’s president to propose theories, it is equally admirable for other scholars and students to challenge Summers’ statements with theories, research and discussions of every kind...
...pathetically easy” paper, for which he apparently “didn’t need to do any reading, absorb any history, or learn anything at all.” One can only wonder why an individual with such a high commitment to academic rigor would have enrolled in such a course in the first place...
...hear. That it’s all about the uncertainty. And the hustle. As if our time at Harvard hasn’t already convinced us we need to make money, and how. As if the hustle of the past four years can’t compare to the rigor of networking at a Def Jam cocktail hour...