Drew Faust to Become President of Harvard

[heidi]

Hey, penn people?

Did you see?

Drew Gilpin Faust’s expected election as the 28th President of Harvard College will spark a flurry of attention. Worldwide, headlines will herald Harvard’s first female leader in its 371-year history...

...from The Crimson
I was a history major at Penn, and I took an amazing History of the South course from her in my Freshman year - second semester. She was a terrific and dynamic professor and I can't wait to see what she does at Harvard.

: squees

Comments

[friede.livejournal.com]

OK, whatevs -- she's a MAWRTER, BABY!

Prez

[pot-pal-ashley.livejournal.com]

First a female in the presidency of Haavaaad, next it'll be presidency of the United States. This is very very good news.

[judyserenity.livejournal.com]

I remember hearing about Drew Faust when I was at Penn, but I never got to take a course with her. Occupational hazard of majoring in two sciences with a minor in a third, I guess.

Harvard's last president ticked off people so much with his "We don't hire many women because they're stupid" comments (OK, those weren't his exact words, but close) that Harvard really had to hire a female president. Maybe having a female president will actually do something about the problems facing women in academia -- namely, the idea that beginning faculty are supposed to move repeatedly from college to college before being given a permanent job (it's very hard for women to find a husband who will follow them from city to city to city) and the timing of academia, which requires faculty to work frantically until they're about 40 (like, right during the years when women are busy with children) and then lets them coast.