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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (101468)	2/21/2005 1:35:37 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) of 793804

Well Mary......thank goodness not everyone is hung up on early/middle 20th Century German Science. Although we've all been discussing whether Mr. Summers is rude and insensitive, maybe this is an opportunity to move beyond what we know and find answers? People like Nancy Hopkins have been given an excellent opportunity to challenge his theory, and society has yet another opportunity to look at itself and do some self evaluation. I found several opinion pieces and have pasted a few here: Ego, Testosterone, and the Academy: Why the Controversy Over Larry Summers is Important By Arnold Kling Published 02/21/2005 techcentralstation.com A challenge to sexual mumbo jumbo education.guardian.co.uk What Larry Summers Got Right time.com But the underlying issue has been mostly swept under the rug in favor of the indignation of a few. Larry Summers seems to be capable of thinking "outside the box" and willing to take whatever consequences befall him for doing so. The crux of the matter is the fact that women are under represented in science and engineering tenured positions at university and research institutions. This is what Larry Summers said in his opening remarks at NBER Conference. I simply prefer to focus on that. going to confine myself to addressing one portion of the problem, or of the challenge we're discussing, which is the issue of women's representation in tenured positions in science and engineering at top universities and research institutions, And this is what he said in his closing remarks: Let me just conclude by saying that I've given you my best guesses after a fair amount of reading the literature and a lot of talking to people. They may be all wrong. I will have served my purpose if I have provoked thought on this question and provoked the marshalling of evidence to contradict what I have said. But I think we all need to be thinking very hard about how to do better on these issues and that they are too important to sentimentalize rather than to think about in as rigorous and careful ways as we can. That's why I think conferences like this are very, very valuable. Thank you. president.harvard.edu It's the stuff in between that should be used and exanded upon in order to find answers to the puzzling questions. M

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