I was going to sit this one out, but I’m not sure I can.
Harvard President Larry Summers finally released a transcript of his recent remarks on women and science at an NBER conference on the issue. I’m depressed but not shocked to discover that there is little or nothing in them that I might not have said. No statement in his presentation is clearly untrue or even irresponsibly oversold. Nor do his remarks suggest that Summers harbors any desire whatsoever to keep women out of academia.
I’ll probably have more on this later.
From the NYT.
Update: There are, however, some thoughtful and interesting critiques of some of Summers’ comments here, that are worth a read.
Posted by Marie Gryphon on February 18, 2005 | TrackBack