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Harvard prez Summers resigns amid turmoil.(Lawrence Summers)(Brief article)

Women in Higher Education

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After almost five years of controversy, Harvard President Lawrence Summers resigned in March.

It was not the women or minorities whom he had offended that ended his reign, but the "extent of the rancor" with Harvard's faculty of Arts and Sciences that he said led him to quit.

His infamous January 2005 remarks about women's innate lack of ability in math and sciences led to an unprecedented no-confidence vote in his leadership last spring. He also upset some faculty by criticizing them for giving too many grades of A and arguing that the university should allow military ...

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