Harvard returns money to Jane Fonda

CJ writes "Actress Jane Fonda has pulled back most of a $12.5 million pledge to Harvard's Graduate School of Education, ending the school's plans for a major research center on gender in education. Fonda's intent was to study the focus of education as it relates to girls only, despite the fact that during the past two decades, most (all?) gender specific studies have been on girls. The most influential study done on gender in education was by Carol Gilligan, which lacked empirical support to back up her claims (even today she still will not provide her research for analysis). Perhaps academic honesty prevailed here, as the media claims that Fonda had to 'scale back'' the project because of concerns about the economy. I think the truth is that some of her money may have benefited boys, who are the only known casualty of the impact feminism has had on secondary education, so Jane pulled her money out." Read an article here.

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