I suppose Lawrence Summers would question whether women are even capable of handling such a position.

Harvard, unlike other Ivy League schools, has never had a female president and choosing one would be a milestone in its 371-year history.

The Globe said Elena Kagan, dean of Harvard's law school, and Drew Gilpin Faust, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, are among the finalists in the top-secret selection process.

Well, Ivy is a female name, after all.

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