Women in Higher Education articles from April 2010

Women in Higher Education archives from April 2010

Condoleezza Rice challenges NASPA student affairs leaders.
April 1, 2010... Soon after she stepped down as U.S. Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice was back in her old job as professor of political science at Stanford University CA and a senior fellow on public policy at the Hoover Institution. The former U.S....

March madness turns to academics.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
April 1, 2010... When 60% or more of players on a dozen teams competing in the NCAA men's basketball tournament fail to graduate within six years, critics wonder what business the schools are in, education or athletics. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan...

Educated women ride out recession better.(NEWSWATCH)
April 1, 2010... Educated, working women are in better shape than their male counterparts in a recession, so much so that some economists are calling it a "man-cession." With more women than men earning college degrees and more jobs being created in fields...

Virginia AG says schools can't ban gay bias.(NEWSWATCH)
April 1, 2010... The Attorney General of Virginia is under fire for advising the state's public colleges that they do not have the authority to ban discrimination against gay employees. Ken Cuccinelli sent a letter to state colleges saying that only the...

OCR to step up enforcing civil rights laws.(NEWSWATCH)
April 1, 2010... The Office for Civil Rights plans to increase enforcement of civil rights laws in education, noting that gender and racial bias still affect students of all ages. The Obama administration said the department will be more aggressive in seeking...

LSU dean arrested, then honored by scholarship, title of emeritus.(NEWSWATCH)(Louisiana State University's Carolyn Collins)(Brief article)
April 1, 2010... Louisiana State University is now naming a scholarship after a longtime dean who was accused of transferring about $5,000 of state money for personal use. Dr. Carolyn Collins was arrested in May 2009 after transferring the money. She...

One-third of faculty report lower salaries.(NEWSWATCH)
April 1, 2010... More than 33% of college faculty members took a pay cut during 2009-10, according the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). The group collected info from more than 200,000 faculty members. It found...

Women finally record gains at Harvard U.(NEWSWATCH)(Harvard University)(Brief article)
April 1, 2010... Ever since President Lawrence H. Summers, as president of Harvard University MA, suggested in 2005 that women might have innate differences that might explain their aversion to math and science fields, the spotlight has been on gender inequities...

Gender bias in business school faculties?(NEWSWATCH)
April 1, 2010... Men are moving up the faculty ladder in business schools and women are not, according to a recent study. Dr. Shani D. Carter, an associate professor of management at Rhode Island College, examined the rates of promotion for faculty women and...

UVM union: gendered faculty pay inequity.(NEWSWATCH)
April 1, 2010... The University of Vermont is paying female professors less than their male counterparts, according to a grievance filed by the university's faculty union. It alleges that UVM discriminated against five female assistant nursing professors by...

Male Prof charges gender bias to get tenure.(NEWSWATCH)
April 1, 2010... An associate sociology professor at lowa State University brought false charges of gender discrimination against two female colleagues he viewed as threats to his effort to gain tenure, according to a jury. It ruled that Daniel Krier violated...

Facebook posts lead to faculty suspension.(NEWSWATCH)(Gloria Gadsden)(Brief article)
April 1, 2010... East Stroudsburg University PA placed an associate sociology professor on leave after she posted comments on her Facebook page about wanting to kill students. ESU put Dr. Gloria Gadsden on paid leave after her comments ended up on the...

Assn for Research on Mothering to close.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
April 1, 2010... Due to financial problems, an association known for promoting research on how to be a mother and manage an academic career will close in May. The 12-year-old Association for Research on Mothering has been running a deficit for several years,...

Former adjunct can sue over age bias.(NEWSWATCH)
April 1, 2010... A former adjunct community college art professor can sue the school for age discrimination, an appeals court has ruled Joan Stephenson, now 70, claims she was not rehired by Sussex County Community College in New Jersey in 2003 due to ageism....

Alabama women sue over harassment.(NEWSWATCH)
April 1, 2010... Three women are suing Alabama State University, saying it intentionally discriminated against them both sexually and racially. Jacqueline Weatherly, Cynthia Williams and Lydia Burkhalter claim harassment by John Knight Jr., a top...

Most student perps get away with campus assault/rape with no real consequences.(NEWSWATCH)
April 1, 2010... Students who attack or rape other students on campus virtually never face real consequences for their action, according to recent data. Information from the U.S. Justice Department showed that of more than 240 alleged assaults at ten New...

Latino students choosing distant colleges.(NEWSWATCH)
April 1, 2010... In a change of cultural traditions, more Latinos are choosing to attend college farther from home. In 1975, only 46% of college-bound Latinos went more than 50 miles away from home. Today that number is nearly 59%. The percentage of white...

Temple U to research college weight loss.(NEWSWATCH)
April 1, 2010... Temple University PA is leading 26 students through a weight-loss program in hopes of discovering what works best to help college students maintain healthy lifestyles. "There are very few weight-loss programs designed specifically for college...

Studies confirm value of women's athletics.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
April 1, 2010... Girls' involvement in sports can result in lifelong benefits in education, work and health, two separate studies found. Economist Betsey Stevenson of the University of Pennsylvania found that increasing girls' sports participation had a...

Appeals court: no fair to double count women athletes as Shield from Title IX.(NEWSWATCH)
April 1, 2010... Colleges cannot double-count certain female athletes for participation numbers for Title IX, a federal appeals court recently ruled, which may have far-reaching effects. Current guidelines from the Office for Civil Rights let schools count...

Texas A&M football coach team to bootleg newspapers featuring Drug Bust.(NEWSWATCH)
April 1, 2010... Texas A&M University-Commerce's head football coach led his team into stealing campus newspapers that contained a negative story about a football player. Coach Guy Morriss admitted to police that he was responsible for the theft. Student...

Most administrators report no pay raise for 2009.
April 1, 2010... For the first time in nearly three decades, most administrators are going without a raise, according to annual data complied by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). In a year of economic turbulence...

How to recruit and hire the best of the best.
April 1, 2010... Administrators, faculty and staff are easy to come by if you'll settle for fair to middling. The best candidates hunt for jobs differently and you need to recruit differently to find them, or somebody else will grab them up before you even know...

Self-efficacy is a critical attribute for women leaders.
April 1, 2010... In the children's book, The Little Engine that Could, a series of engines tried to pull a stranded train over difficult terrain. Only one engine, the smallest and least likely to succeed, was able to do it--using the power of self-efficacy. ...

Women on the move.(List)
April 1, 2010... * Dr. Linda Thompson Adams moves from professor and dean of the school of nursing at Oakland University MI to provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs at North Carolina A&T State University. * Dr. Cynthia Anderson moves from VP for...

Creating leaders who flourish with help from HR.(California State University-Northridge human resource department)
April 1, 2010... Ever since President Dr. Jolene Koester of California State University, Northridge took office in 2000, she has promoted a set of core values on campus. They're on her Web site and in her speeches. Stated CSU-Northridge core values are: *...

Panel recounts history of women leading student affairs.
April 1, 2010... While much of the academy continues to lag in the hiring of women, in student affairs women continue to excel. This is especially true at the University of the Pacific CA, where women leaders have consistently made significant contributions to...

Moving labs to student-centered learning.
April 1, 2010... For many women, allied health programs are an entry point to the workplace. Programs in dental hygiene, practical nursing and medical technology teach marketable skills while building a foundation for further learning. The coursework in these...

Evolving technology creates new legal issues.
April 1, 2010... Advances in technology keep opening new educational possibilities. From distance learning to campus communications to new forms of research and collaborative student projects, teaching and scholarship draw increasing benefits from the...

Wellness on campus: little steps link to future health.
April 1, 2010... We make sure that the health of our family and friends is taken care of. But how often do we set aside time for our own health? Although research shows women visit doctors more frequently than men do, maintaining or improving our health is...

We survived Hawaii's pseudo tsunami in February.(THE LAST LAUGH)
April 1, 2010... Do you know what you were doing on Saturday, February 27? (Hint: It was the day a tsunami was predicted to hit the Hawaiian islands at 11:26 am.) I do. We were holed up on the sixth floor of a beachside resort on Maui, staring at a TV showing...