Missing the Point at Harvard
Document Type
News Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
The Washington Post
Publisher
The Washington Post Company
Publication Date
2005
Abstract
From a general, human-interest perspective, I suppose it is exciting when the Harvard faculty gangs up on the Harvard president, as the Harvard faculty ganged up on Larry Summers yesterday -- illustrating again the old saw about the emotions in academic battles running so high precisely because the stakes are so low. From a more esoteric perspective, I suppose it might be interesting to debate whether the tiny group of men with an innate genius for advanced mathematics outnumbers the tiny group of women with the same innate talent, as Summers recently suggested. Nevertheless, it seems odd that so much of the great Larry Summers flap, which has raised such passions in the blocks adjoining Harvard Square, has focused on the potential bars to female achievement that are the least relevant to the rest of us.
Recommended Citation
Applebaum, Anne, "Missing the Point at Harvard" (2005). ADVANCE Library Collection. Paper 27.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/advance/27
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