Women in Higher Education articles from August 2004

Women in Higher Education archives from August 2004

The baby who did matter: work-life balance in the academy.
August 1, 2004... A few months ago over dinner, I asked my teenage son what he'd done at school that day. He gave a vague answer and immediately turned the tables by asking what I'd done at work that day. When I mentioned my involvement in the faculty work-life...

When a CEO becomes president ...(Newswatch)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The new class of college presidents has more in common with corporate executives than former college leaders, which may not bode well for higher education, reported Jim Collins, a former business professor at Stanford and expert on...

Lesley college end all-female status in 2005.(Newswatch)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... One of the eight all-female colleges in Massachusetts will begin admitting men next year, Lesley president Dr. Margaret A. McKenna announced recently. It's making the change to attract more high-achieving students; less than 1% of high school...

Today's students bring emotional baggage.(Newswatch)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... More students are coming to school with emotional problems today than five years ago, according to the Summer 2004 issue of Connections, the quarterly journal of the New England Board of Higher Education. And their emotional problems have grown...

Fewer Americans read books today.(Newswatch)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Reading is on the decline for every segment of the U.S. population, according to a recent report issued by the National Endowment of the Arts. The steepest decline is among young adults age 18 to 24. The percentage of Americans who read...

White male professors are violated?(Newswatch)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... By giving raises to female and minority professors who systematically earned less, Northern Arizona University violated the civil rights of 40 white male faculty members, a federal judge in Phoenix ruled recently. The male professors sued...

Female scientist creates date rape drug test.(Newswatch)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... At the University of California at Santa Barbara, scientists have developed a test to quickly detect the presence of GHB, a date rape drug, in blood, urine and semen. GHB is known to cause relaxation and euphoria, making women easy prey to...

It's not too late to right a wrong.(Newswatch)(Dorothy Height)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dorothy Height earned admission to Barnard College NY in 1929. But when the college dean saw that she was African-American, he told her to leave because they had already reached their quota of "two Negro students a year." She went home,...

Two men cleared in UCLA rape case.(Newswatch)(University of California at Los Angeles)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... A California judge dismissed charges against two of the three men accused of raping a first-year UCLA student in her dorm room. Prosecutors plan to retry the third. In December 2002, the men were students at Carson High School touring the...

America is getting more female engineers.(Newswatch)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Women now make up 12% of the engineering work force, compared with about 2% in 1975. It's about time. Universities with large numbers of female engineers attribute it to vigorous outreach and mentoring programs aimed at attracting and...

What's in a name?(Newswatch)(women keeping their birth names after marriage)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... After three decades of more and more women keeping their birth names after marriage, an increasing number are now choosing to take their husbands' names at marriage, according to a Harvard University study. The trend to keep their names...

To be a great leader, start with a vision.
August 1, 2004... "Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a great deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat. "I don't much care where--" said Alice. "Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat....

When the spiritual collides with the secular.
August 1, 2004... Sr. Linda-Susan Beard doesn't have more lives than the rest of us. It just seems that way. She's a co-founder of the Emmaus Monastery, a canonical, monastic and contemplative Benedictine community located on an 80-acre farm in Vestaburg...

Tips for success as a dual career academic couple.
August 1, 2004... Traditional marriage vows include the words "for better or for worse." But they don't mention coping with the logistics of being part of a dual career academic couple. A panel of administrators spoke about the issue at the National...

Mothers in the faculty pipeline.
August 1, 2004... "When is the best time to have a baby?" graduate students ask Dr. Mary Ann Mason, dean of the graduate division at the University of California Berkeley. But there's no good answer for women who want it all. Early babies seriously reduce a...

Coaches and administrators as change agents.
August 1, 2004... With men coaching more than half of women's college teams and 17% of colleges having at least one female head coach of a men's team, gender diversity in athletics has become an important issue. A new workshop at the NCAA Title IX Seminar in...

Pioneers recall issues when Providence College went coed.
August 1, 2004... We've heard of challenges in the transition to admit men to women's colleges. What about the reverse? Dr. Sally Thibodeau, associate professor of education at Providence College RI, and a group of colleagues were pioneers as students,...

Dr. Patricia Book.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Patricia Book, associate VP for outreach at Pennsylvania State University, has become VP for regional development at Kent State University OH.

Dr. Selma Botman.(Women on the Move)(University of Massachusetts system)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Selma Botman, an administrator in the University of Massachusetts system, will be executive vice chancellor of the CUNY system.

Dr. Blandina Cardenas.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Blandina Cardenas, dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Texas-San Antonio, will become president of the University of Texas-Pan American in September.

Dr. Bonnie L. Coe.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Bonnie L. Coe, VP and dean of the faculty at Central Ohio Technical College, will become president.

Dr. Elizabeth H. Crowther.(Women on the Move)(Rappahannock Community College VA )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Elizabeth H. Crowther, VP of instruction and student services at Blue Ridge Community College VA, will become president of Rappahannock Community College VA in early August.

Dr. Barbara Douglass.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Barbara Douglass, VP for instruction and student services at Lake City Community College, becomes president of Northwestern Connecticut Community-Technical College on August 2.

Dr. Anne Cairns Federlein.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Anne Cairns Federlein, president of Ohio State University at Newark and Central Ohio Technical College, moves to president of Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Dr. Norma Hernandez.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Norma Hernandez, interim president of Southwestern College CA, moves to president and superintendent.

Dr. Margie Huerta.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Margie Huerta, chief academic officer at New Mexico State University's Dona Ana Branch, is now the campus executive officer.

Dr. Elaine P. Maimon.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Elaine P. Maimon, provost and system VP at Arizona State University West, will become chancellor at the University of Alaska Anchorage in August.

Dr. Patricia O'Brien.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Patricia O'Brien, former dean of the School of Management at Simmons College MA, moves to deputy dean of the Harvard College at Harvard University MA.

Dr. Agnes B. Pearl.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Agnes B. Pearl, who has been director of the nursing program and VP for research and planning at Clinton Community College NY, will be interim president.

Dr. Patricia Pierce-Ramsey.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Patricia Pierce-Ramsey, VP of academic affairs at Shaw University NC, will become provost and VP at Bowie State University MD.

Dr. Candace Rosovsky.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Candace Rosovsky, who led the Women's Center at Middle Tennessee State University, is now director of the Women's Center at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Dr. Mary Evans Sias.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Mary Evans Sias, senior VP for student affairs and external relations at the University of Texas at Dallas, will be the next president of Kentucky State University.

Dr. Lou Anna K. Simon.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Lou Anna K. Simon, provost and VP of academic affairs at Michigan State University, is now interim president and begins a three-year contract as president in January.

Sheryl Sousa.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Sheryl Sousa, coach of women's basketball and associate athletic director at Brandeis University MA, will become director of athletics.

Dr. Kathleen M. Waldron.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Kathleen M. Waldron, former president of Citibank International and an administrator at Long Island University, will become president of CUNY's Bernard M. Baruch University in August.

Dr. Judy E. Walters.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Dr. Judy E. Walters, senior vice chancellor for educational services at Peralta Community College CA, moves to interim president at Vista Community College CA.

Women administrators succeed as Alpha She-Wolves.(In Her Own Words)
August 1, 2004... Comparing women administrators in higher education to dominant female wolves compliments their strength, skill and commitment. Wolf packs are hierarchical; Alpha males hold the dominant position and the Alpha She-Wolf is second in command, or...

'Thursday Club' offers support, camaraderie.
August 1, 2004... "The rhetoric of individualism is wearing a bit thin," said Dr. Lois Eveleth, professor and chair of the philosophy department at Salve Regina University RI. "We need to achieve a consensus on how to view the human experience." Dr. Sarah...

Editor-for-a-day and change agent for a lifetime.(The Last Laugh)
August 1, 2004... August 4 will be a very memorable Wednesday for me. It's the day I'll be editor-for-the day of our local Madison newspaper, the Wisconsin State Journal. Although I was a journalism major getting BA and MA degrees from the University of...