November 13, 1998

Christina Hoff Sommers Looks to Cut Ties to Clark U.; 2 New York City Universities Court Michigan Philosopher

By ROBIN WILSON, ALISON SCHNEIDER, and DENISE K. MAGNER

For years, Christina Hoff Sommers has had one foot in the academy and one foot out. Now she's planning to jump ship altogether.

Since 1987, Ms. Sommers has held a tenured post in philosophy at Clark University in Massachusetts while earning a name for herself outside higher education as a conservative critic of campus feminists. Since July 1997, she has been on leave from Clark, working at the American