
The guy's a sexist, plain and simple.
Another round of faculty debate about his management style awaited Harvard President Lawrence Summers in the wake of his decision to release the transcript of his remarks on the dearth of women in top science posts. Summers was to meet Tuesday with Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the second such session since a furor erupted over his comments last month suggesting that intrinsic differences between the sexes play some role in why fewer women ascend to top-level university science jobs.
Some faculty have suggested they may push for a no-confidence vote, though that was considered unlikely for procedural reasons.
Even if such a measure passed it would be largely symbolic. Summers, who has apologized repeatedly for his remarks, maintains the support of the Harvard Corporation, the seven-member governing body of the university. And the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is just one of 12 divisions of the university.