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DIVERSITY: Summers's Comments Draw Attention to Gender, Racial Gaps
Andrew Lawler
On 14 January the president of Harvard University, Lawrence Summers, triggered a national uproar when he said at an academic conference that genes and personal choices may help explain why so few women are leaders in science and engineering fields.
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