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Amidst criticism that the University lagged behind its peers in promoting global education, the Summers??€™ administration began a drive to increase study abroad...
...similar institute at Harvard that would have been funded by a $115 million donation from Lawrence J. Ellison, the CEO of Oracle Corporation. But Ellison backed out on his pledge last summer due to what he said was his lack of faith in the University after President Lawrence H. Summers??€™ resignation...
Finally, even Faust’s oversight of two diversity task forces in early 2005 has been misinterpreted by her critics. Included in the task forces’ $50 million proposal were tutoring centers and summer research programs for female and male undergraduates interested in the hard sciences. When Summers??€™ ill-considered remarks created the opportunity for task force members to advance their own prerogatives, Faust shrewdly seized the moment to invest heavily in undergrad education for both sexes...
...selection lingers solely on the gender issue. Lacaria suggests that Faust is somehow unqualified to lead the University because of her academic focus on women’s studies, comparing her obviously feminine position as head of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies to former President Lawrence H. Summers??€™ supposedly masculine post as Treasury Secretary. The column essentially pits masculinity against femininity, and, to no one’s surprise, masculinity wins. While Lacaria’s sexist column does not represent the views of the majority of the Harvard community, it does reflect the distinctly gendered tone...
...presume that gender was the decisive factor is inherently sexist. It is unfortunate that the selection of such a qualified individual falls in the shadow of the Summers??€™ statement about women in science, prompting these assumptions. However, we should not be fooled into engaging in this kind of meaningless drivel...