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...University President Larry H. Summers were to suggest that the under-representation of blacks on University faculties is due to “innate differences,” he would justifiably be dubbed a racist and most likely be forced to resign. But when Summers, at an economic symposium a few weeks ago, explained the dearth of female faculty in terms of biological differences between men and women, he got away relatively unscathed; while he received flack from the media, many people defended Summers for waging the good fight against political correctness and for spicing up the intellectual discourse with...
...culpa followed four days of intense media scrutiny and a barrage of criticism from academics who objected to Summers’ comments at an economics symposium one week...
...request of symposium organizers, Summers delivered a luncheon talk to 50 academics in which he presented several hypotheses to explain the scarcity of female scientists at top universities...
...leaders of campus women’s groups praised the president’s statement, but two members of the Faculty Standing Committee on Women said the letter would not heal the wounds still stinging from Summers’ remarks last week at a National Bureau of Economic Research symposium...
...request of symposium organizers, Summers delivered a luncheon talk to 50 academics in which he presented several speculative hypotheses to explain the scarcity of female scientists at top universities. Summers has said that he did not expect the remarks to be published...