There is strong mentoring of women in the academy. Corporations appear more willing to resist affirmative action to advance women, and boards and shareholders are more tolerant of this approach.
Ruth J. Simmons Quotes
The committee's work is not about whether or how we should pay reparations. That was never the intent nor will the payment of reparations be the outcome. This is an effort designed to involve the campus community in a discovery of the meaning of our past.
Similar Quotes
Nothing in the past or future ever will feel like today.
- UnknownI tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.
- Herb CaenLittle things in my past that I really thought were over and done with were still elements...
- Marie OsmondIt is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
- Jiddu KrishnamurtiYou miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.
- Wayne GretzkyComments on: "Ruth J. Simmons Quotes: The committee's work is not about whether or how we should pay reparations...."
| Birth: | 3rd July, 1945 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Professor |
About
Ruth Simmons was the 18th president of Brown University, the first black president of an Ivy League institution. Simmons was elected Brown's first female president in November 2000.
Share with your friends