Women in Higher Education articles from August 2005

Women in Higher Education archives from August 2005

Tips to serve today's majority--adults, transfer students.(University of South Florida's Adult and Transfer Student Services program)
August 1, 2005... Adult learners and transfer students have become the majority of today's student population, and women comprise the larger part of this group. How can colleges reach these students to increase the enrollment and diversity of their campuses, and...

Mixed review greets Supreme Count nominee.(George W. Bush nominates John G. Roberts Jr. as president of Supreme Court)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... President Bush has nominated John G. Roberts Jr., who has been a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for just two years, to fill the first Supreme Court vacancy of his presidency, replacing retiring justice...

How O'Connor's retirement affects women.(Sandra Day O'Connor, forecast of changes in higher education law )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... The retirement of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor could bring some big changes in higher education law, especially on gender issues. When O'Connor was appointed to the court by President Ronald Reagan, many regarded her as a...

More universities drop standardized tests.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... The University of California recently announced that it will stop participating in the National Merit scholarship program on the six of 10 campuses that still were using it, and redirect more than $700,000 to other student awards. The...

Colleges lower the bar to admit men.(faculty applications)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Now that women are the clear majority on most campuses, some schools are admitting less qualified men to obtain a more equalized gender ratio. The "tipping point" for male preference kicks in when women reach 53 to 62% of the undergraduate...

Congress, ed dept lock horns on Title IX.(Democartics request to close loophole of Education Amendments of 1972)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... More than 140 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to President Bush at the end of June, urging him to close a loophole to Title IX that allows schools to use the results of an email survey to measure the demand for...

Harvard appoints female diversity advisors.(Harvard University, Dr. Evelynn Hammonds, Dr. Lisa Martin)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... As promised to atone for its president publicly questioning whether women have an "intrinsic aptitude" for high-level math and science, Harvard University MA recently named two women to high-level diversity posts. * Dr. Evelynn Hammonds, a...

Rutgers to merge Douglass College for women?(restructure plans of Rutgers University's Douglass College)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... The nation's only all-women's public college, Douglass College, may soon cease to exist if a plan to restructure Rutgers University NJ occurs as critics fear. Rutgers is looking to merge four liberal arts colleges into a single unit with...

Oregon to pay $375,000 for gender bias suit.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... The University of Oregon has agreed to settle a gender-discrimination lawsuit filed by a former track coach for $375,000. In her lawsuit, Sally Harmon claimed that she did not get a fair shot at keeping her job when Oregon merged its...

RIT adjusts for transgendered students.(Rochester Institute of Technology implements anti-discrimination and harassment policy)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... The Rochester Institute of Technology NY is taking action to accommodate its transgendered students. The school recently added gender identity and gender expression to its anti-discrimination and harassment policy. "It gets down to...

Adjunct fired for blog on sexy student.(Boston University dismisses professor Michael Gee)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Only a week after adjunct professor Michael Gee described his first day of teaching journalism at Boston University in an Internet blog, he was fired for violating the trust essential to a student-teacher relationship. "Of my six students,...

Harvard seeks to recover lawsuit costs.(Harvard University v. Desiree Goodman)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... In the continuing story of Harvard University vs. a black female library assistant, the school has filed suit to make Desiree Goodman repay $3,319 for deposition transcripts and filing fees from her unsuccessful lawsuit. In April a federal...

NC State to pay $300,000 for harassment.(Martha Brinson sues North Carolina State University over sexual harassment)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... North Carolina State University has to pay $300,000 to two research assistants who sued the school over sexual harassment by a professor, a state panel ruled recently. NC State did not follow its own "zero tolerance" policy when Evelyn...

Trustees are older, slightly more diverse.(forecast and survey of college governing boards )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... The faces of today's college governing boards are more likely to be older and slightly more diverse than in the past, according to two surveys by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. While boards are becoming...

Group urges Ohio State to admit bias.(feminists says Ohio State University mishandled a rape claim )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... An Ohio State University feminist group has started a letter-writing campaign to urge the university to admit that it improperly handled a rape claim three years ago. The incident later resulted in a lawsuit. People sent more that 500...

U of Arizona slowly improves for women.(University of Arizona, human resource management )(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... The University of Arizona has made some significant steps in improving conditions for female faculty, including minority members, UA researchers announced recently. Five present and former UA faculty members studied the impact of a 2001...

St. Mary-of-the-Woods to admit men.(launches degree programs for men)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... The nation's oldest liberal arts college for women will open its external degree programs to men, officials at St. Mary-of-the-Woods IN announced recently. Since its creation in 1840, the school has been a women's school. The residential...

Reverse bias cases bring legal caveats.(racial and sex discrimination cases)
August 1, 2005... Discrimination on the basis of sex or race is illegal and may result in expensive lawsuits, even though the goal of a more diverse campus workforce is laudable. Four recent cases bring caveats to administrators: * At New Mexico Highlands...

Berkeley suspends fraternity for hazing.(University of California (Berkeley), Pi Kappa Phi)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... One of UC Berkeley's frats is out of business for the next year and faces tough standards when it reopens, according to university officials. The action is in response to a hazing incident in which a student was shot at least 30 times with a...

Ex-police deputy sues Boston U. over chief.(Enrico Cappucci campus police chief sues Boston University of racial profiling)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... The former deputy chief of the campus police department at Boston University MA alleged that he was fired in 2002 after accusing the police chief of discrimination against women, trying to steal BU property, engaging in nepotism and trying to...

Program seeks to ADVANCE women in the sciences.(National Science Foundation's women educational program)
August 1, 2005... When the famous MIT report on women in science and engineering erupted in 2001, women finally had vindication that their problems in achieving success in academe were institutional, not personal. Too few women still choose careers in...

Tips to help VPs survive under a new president.(vice president)
August 1, 2005... More and more women are reaching the upper tiers of higher education administration. Being a VP is a whole new ballgame, and women are learning how to play. Fortunately, survival as a VP is a matter of relationships, where conventional wisdom...

Providing student services to distance ed learners, too.(distance education)
August 1, 2005... Distance learning is a $5 billion market that has opened the academic doors to many students who'd been shut out, especially women. Now units such as student affairs are expected to identify and serve their needs. Leslie Dare and Amanda...

Developing new women leaders in community colleges.(IN HER OWN WORDS)
August 1, 2005... "Winning leaders build winning organizations by developing other leaders."--Noel Tichy Better managed companies use experience to develop leadership. These corporations identify high potential individuals and deliberately structure...

Care and feeding of older faculty and staff.(Universities finds ways to attract older faculty)
August 1, 2005... "Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64?" Folks who were young when the Beatles first sang those lyric are getting to 64 themselves, and are considering whether to work on or retire. Back then most 64-year-old...

Developing Latina/o racial identity on campus.(University of Vermont's Malika Carter proposes an educational policy for Latin Americans)
August 1, 2005... Population rates for Latina/os in the United States are exploding. Since the average age of Latina/os in the United States is under 18, soon they'll be entering college in great numbers. Higher education is unprepared to address the needs...

Glendale Community College.(Jean Ann Abel appointed)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Jean Ann Abel, VP for academic affairs at Glendale Community College AZ, to interim president effective August 8.

University of North Carolina.(Dr. Gretchen M. Bataille appointed)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Dr. Gretchen M. Bataille, senior VP for academic affairs at the University of North Carolina system, will be interim chancellor of the North Carolina School of the Arts.

Brown University.(Sheila Bonde appointment)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Dr. Sheila Bonde, professor of the history of art and architecture at Brown University RI, will become dean of the graduate school.

Contra Costa College.(Contra Costa Community College District appoints Helen Benjamin Carr)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Dr. Helen Benjamin Carr, president of Contra Costa College CA, will become chancellor of the Contra Costa Community College District on August 8.

University of Minnesota.(Dr. Alison Davis-Blake appointed)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Dr. Alison Davis-Blake will be the new dean of the University of Minnesota's Carlson school of management starting in July 2006, where she will be the highest ranking woman at a U.S. school of business. She has been senior associate dean of the...

Michigan State University.(University of Florida appoints Dr. Janie M. Fouke)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Dr. Janie M. Fouke, dean of the Michigan State University college of engineering, will be the first woman and the first engineer to be provost and senior VP for academic affairs at the University of Florida.

Illinois Valley Community College.(Delta College appoints Dr. Jean Goodnow)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Dr. Jean Goodnow, president of Illinois Valley Community College, moves to president of Delta College MI on August 1.

Adams State College.(Dr. Georgia Grantham appointed)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Dr. Georgia Grantham, assistant provost of extended studies at Adams State College CO, becomes VP for enrollment management.

Spelman College.(Dr. Zenobia L. Hikes appointed)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Dr. Zenobia L. Hikes, VP for student affairs and dean of students at Spelman College GA, becomes VP for student affairs at Virginia Tech on September 1.

University of Hawaii.(Dr. Denise Konan appointed)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Dr. Denise Konan, chair of the economics department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, is the first female to head Hawaii's flagship public research university as interim chancellor, with a contract through July 2006.

Virginia Tech.(Lori Lewis appointed)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Lori Lewis, director of development at Virginia Tech's college of engineering, moves to VP of advancement at Marietta College OH.

Georgia State University.(Mary McElroy appointed)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Mary McElroy will be director of intercollegiate athletics at Georgia State University. She has been senior woman administrator and other titles at Georgia Tech and at the U.S. Naval Academy, where she earned B.S. and M.S. degrees.

Northhampton Community College.(Mardi McGuire-Closson appointed)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Mardi McGuire-Closson, dean of students at Northhampton Community College PA, becomes VP of student affairs.

Northern Kentucky University.(Dr. Sue Hodges Moore appointed)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Dr. Sue Hodges Moore, executive VP of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, moves to VP for planning, policy and budget at Northern Kentucky University.

Florida Atlantic University.(Ann E. Paton appointed at Barry University, Florida)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Ann E. Paton, who has been rebuilding fundraising as VP of university advancement at Florida Atlantic University, is moving to VP for institutional advancement at Barry University FL starting August 15.

Tohono O'odham Community College.(Olivia Vanegas-Funcheon appointed)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Olivia Vanegas-Funcheon, VP of administrative services at the tribal Tohono O'odham Community College AZ, moves to the presidency.

University of California.(Carmen M. Vazquez appointed)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2005... Carmen M. Vazquez, assistant vice chancellor for student life at the University of California at San Diego, becomes VP for student affairs at the University of San Diego starting August 1.

Washington vs. SDSU: the struggle for justice continues.(Pat Washington and San Diego State University's racial discrimination case)
August 1, 2005... For Dr. Pat Washington, the distance between Suffolk, Virginia, and San Diego, California, cannot be measured in miles alone. Born in Suffolk's poorest black neighborhood a decade before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Washington managed--through...

Athletics teaches life skills to students of all ages.(THE LAST LAUGH)
August 1, 2005... An athletics company spends millions in advertising to promote athletics for young girls. Its research shows those who are athletes are less likely to be abused, get pregnant, take drugs and have low self-esteem. Administrators say student...