January 28, 2005

Harvard's President Wonders Aloud About Women in Science and Math

By PIPER FOGG

Forum: Join an online discussion about whether Harvard's president made a mistake in suggesting that innate differences between the sexes explain why fewer women succeed in some fields. If he did make a mistake, what was it?

The president of Harvard University, Lawrence H. Summers, suggested at a scholarly meeting this month that one reason fewer women make it to the top in mathematics and science may

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