May 17, 2005

Harvard to spend $50 million to diversify faculty

Bewildered and beleaguered Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers has come up with a plan to help recruit, support and promote women and underrepresented members of minority groups on its faculty. Summers has been under siege, and apologetic, since his famous remarks suggesting that \"intrinsic aptitude\" might be a factor behind the dearth of women in science and engineering. Faculty said, \"In spite of more than three decades of concern, Harvard has made only limited progress in its efforts to create a genuinely diverse faculty. Women and minorities remain significantly underrepresented...\"

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