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Tuesday, March 15, 2005
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WHY DID UD EVER WORRY THERE WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH NEWS OUT OF UNIVERSITIES TO KEEP A DAILY BLOG GOING? ' Harvard Faculty Approves No-Confidence Motion Against Summers March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Harvard University's largest faculty group approved a no-confidence motion against President Lawrence H. Summers following his comments that women may lack the aptitude to excel in science and engineering. The vote by the 690-member Faculty of Arts and Sciences was 218 in favor and 185 against, with 18 abstensions, said J. Lorand Matory, a professor of anthropology and African American studies who wrote the proposal. "There is no noble alternative to his resignation," Matory said in an interview following the faculty meeting today. "He should resign as president of Harvard University." The faculty also supported a second motion by Government and Sociology Professor Theda Skocpol that expressed regret for Summers' management missteps and praised his pledge to try to improve relations with the staff. ' |