(cont'd from yesterday's post)
Twenty years ago, evolutionary biologist Carole Hooven got her PhD at Harvard University. She taught there, she was loved and respected there--and she got in trouble there. It's surreal, she says, that she became a "central example of what has gone wrong in higher education."
What went wrong? On a tv interview she explained the biological definitions of male and female, claiming that scientists should not back away from using these terms "in response to pressure from ideologues."
A graduate student speaking for a DEI committee called her comments transphobic and harmful. In the ensuing controversy, her friends dared not support her. Standing alone, she finally resigned a year ago.
Claudine Gay described Harvard as being "deeply committed to free expression." Carole says that she "severely distorted the truth."
from AEI where you can get the details in her own words
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