<p>"You may have read about a recent commitment to spend $50 million on task-force recommended "affirmative action" to hire more staff and - apparently - recruit more students - of the female persuasion in math and the sciences, where both the staff, and students, are predominantly male.</p>
<p>And yes,the above comment was the one I was talking about. Thanks fo clearing that up.</p>
<p>Anyways...how do you all believe that this will have an affect on admissions? Do you believe that they will significantly improve the department?</p>