Women in Higher Education articles from December 2006

Women in Higher Education archives from December 2006

'Disparate effect' on women could end the tenure system.
December 1, 2006... Most research on tenure and gender explores why this career goal eludes women--why they disproportionately fail to make the grade. Elizabeth Mooney O'Callaghan expands the discussion by examining the tenure system through the lens of law,...

Michigan to continue fight for diversity.(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2006... The University of Michigan will "consider every legal option available" to fight a ban on the use of affirmative-action preferences that Michigan voters approved in November, according to President Mary Sue Coleman. Known as Proposal 2,...

Gallaudet dumps another woman president.(Gallaudet University, Jane Fernandes )(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... After months of protests by students, staff and alums that shut down the campus, the Gallaudet University DC board of trustees abandoned its choice of Jane Fernandes as its next president of the nation's top school for the deaf. The board...

MIT bully escapes punishment but resigns.(Susumu Tonegawa, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... A star MIT professor who discouraged a young woman from accepting a job at the school will not be disciplined, said L. Rafael Reif, MIT provost. But Susumu Tonegawa, a Nobel laureate professor who brought in big bucks to the school,...

AAUP report confirms women's obstacles.(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2006... Women hold more full-time faculty positions than 30 years ago, but colleges and universities are still reluctant to hire women or pay them equal to their male peers, reported the American Association of University Professors. The report,...

U of Utah asks: why do women stay away?(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2006... The University of Utah wants to make itself more attractive to women. Only 44% of its undergrads are women, compared with an average of more than 57% nationally. Even other schools in the predominately Mormon state do better: Women are at least...

Towson ignores GPAs to admit more males.(Towson University )(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Towson University in Ohio is trying to boost its male enrollment numbers by accepting students with low high school grades but high SAT scores. Far more males than females fit this profile. Their new formula allows the school to admit more...

GWU to revise policies on suicidal students.(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2006... As part of a legal settlement, George Washington University in DC has agreed to review and revise its policies on student mental illness and suicide. Jordan Nott, a former student suspended in 2004 after seeking treatment for depression,...

NCAA to presidents: it's time to curb your outrageous spending on campus athletics.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... NCAA President Myles Brand called for more accountability in athletics budgets. Current athletics spending trends at Division I schools could "islandize" athletics from the campus-based educational mission, he said. His remarks grew from...

James Madison U athletes protest team cuts.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... An administrative decision to cut 10 sports teams in 2007 to save $550,000 in an athletics budget of $21 million at James Madison University has resulted in protests by student athletes, who mistakenly blamed Title IX for their teams' impending...

Mansfield U drops football for academics.(Mansfield University )(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Stating that properly funding a football team would jeopardize the school's academic mission, Mansfield University PA President Marvane Loeschke reluctantly cut the school's football team after this fiscal year. One of Pennsylvania's...

BC plans to censor students' speakers.(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2006... Administrators at Boston College MA have assumed the right to reject a student-recruited speaker whose views might conflict with those of Catholic doctrine, according to a policy change at the school. The dean of students can decide whether...

Harvard to revise its case law approach.(Harvard Law School)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... After 130 years, the Harvard Law School is finally modernizing its first-year curriculum, by moving away from case studies and toward problem solving, international law and law making by government bodies. The law school faculty voted...

Panel discusses homophobia in athletics.(Discussion)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Ithaca College NY hosted a panel to discuss gender and sexual orientation discrimination in sports recently. The event focused on the case of a former Penn State basketball player Jennifer Harris, who is suing the school and her former coach,...

What's new with students? An increase in volunteers, alcohol arrests, online classes.(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2006... Volunteering: The percentage of college students who volunteer is rising, according to a report from the Corporation for National and Community Service. The group found that 30% of students ages 16 to 24 at American colleges volunteered,...

Student engagement can aid retention.
December 1, 2006... The new annual survey of student engagement suggested that those who join in collaborative learning programs and interact with faculty, are more likely to get better grades, be happier with their education and be more likely to stay in college....

Binge drinking and higher pay for males?(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Men but not women who partied hard in high school saw an unexpected payoff later in life: a higher salary. A study of 8,500 men and women by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that men who engaged in binge drinking as 10th graders...

Why integrate athletics back into campus life?
December 1, 2006... If you Google "intercollegiate athletics" plus "integration" you'll get more than 100,000 hits. It's a hot topic these days, among the recommendations of a recent NCAA task force and on the agenda for the next NCAA national convention. ...

Identifying and expanding your leadership styles.
December 1, 2006... After Dr. DonnaJean Fredeen interviewed for but didn't get a job as provost, she was so disappointed that her husband went online to research the hiring committee's selection process. He found that the finalist pool included three women and two...

How do women presidents balance career and family?
December 1, 2006... Attempting to balance work and life is always tricky. But when you're part of a dual career family and also a college or university president, it's critical to success. As part of her dissertation, Dr. Jodi Cahalan studied five women...

Use peer education to prevent campus sexual assaults.(IN HER OWN WORDS)
December 1, 2006... Sexual assault is a grim reality on college campuses, affecting an estimated one in four women students. While this is a familiar statistic to some of us, new students often find it shocking to the point of disbelief. Unfazed by scare...

Dr. Krystal Banfield.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Dr. Krystal Banfield is director of Berklee College of Music in Boston. She has been director of education and community partnerships for a choral arts organization.

Ann Beheler.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Ann Beheler, dean of engineering and emerging technology at Collin County Community College district TX, becomes dean of business and computing at Orange Coast College NY.

Linda Keiller Berg.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Linda Keiller Berg, VP of the University of Michigan Foundation, moves to VP for institutional advancement at William Mitchell College of Law MN this month.

Dr. Kathryn Cruz-Uribe.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Dr. Kathryn Cruz-Uribe will become provost and VP of academic affairs at California State University Monterey Bay. She is now dean of the college of social and behavioral sciences at Northern Arizona University at Flagstaff.

Tracy Daniels JD.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Tracy Daniels JD becomes secretary of the college at Spelman College GA. Most recently she was senior director of credits at the Writers Guild of America, West.

Dr. Leslie T. Fenwick.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Dr. Leslie T. Fenwick becomes dean of the school of education at Howard University DC. She was a visting fellow at Harvard University MA.

Dr. Tracy Fitzsimmons.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Dr. Tracy Fitzsimmons, VP for academic affairs at Shenandoah University VA, becomes senior VP.

Deborah German MD.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Deborah German MD, scholar in residence at the Association of American Medical Colleges DC and former associate dean at Vanderbilt University school of medicine TN, will become dean of the University of Central Florida's college of medicine in...

Merodie Anne Hancock.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Merodie Anne Hancock, associate VP of business process improvement at the University of Maryland's University College, will head off-campus programs at Central Michigan University.

Karen Hazen.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Karen Hazen, dean of student services at the Cox College of Nursing and Health Sciences MO, becomes interim president.

Dr. Susan Herbst.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Dr. Susan Herbst, provost and executive VP at SUNY at Albany, becomes officer in charge.

Dr. Catharine Bond Hill.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Dr. Catharine Bond Hill was inaugurated as the 10th president of Vassar College NY. She was provost at Williams College MA before coming to Vassar in July.

Dr. Susan Kelly.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Dr. Susan Kelly was installed as the president of Charles R. Drew University school of medicine in Los Angeles.

Dr. Karen Lawrence.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Dr. Karen Lawrence, former dean of the school of humanities at the University of California Irvine, became president of Sarah Lawrence College NY.

Hannah Levertov.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Hannah Levertov, dean of the school of arts, sciences and design at Newbury College MA, moves to dean of the college.

Anne Papageorge.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Anne Papageorge, senior VP and memorial design director at Lower Manhattan Development Corporation in NYC, becomes VP for facilities and real estate services at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Jane A. Shaw.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Dr. Jane A. Shaw, senior fellow and director of outreach at the Property and Environmental Research Center in Boze-man MT, becomes executive VP of the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy in Raleigh NC.

Linda Thrane.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Linda Thrane, VP for university relations at the University of Minnesota, becomes VP for public affairs at Rice University TX.

Dr. Sharon R. Weber OP.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Dr. Sharon R. Weber OP, dean of the college of arts and sciences at Sienna Heights University MI, also becomes VP for academic affairs.

Dr. Cynthia Zane.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2006... Dr. Cynthia Zane is president of Hilbert College NY, coming from chief academic officer at the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati.

How to move from lab bench to administration.
December 1, 2006... Women dominate the field of clinical laboratory science as 80% of the workforce. But only 4.2% of them work in academe. An even smaller percentage moves from the lab or classroom into academic administration. Why? Suzanne Campbell, medical...

What new faculty women wish they'd known earlier.
December 1, 2006... It's not easy being green, especially as a woman new on faculty. Personal experience led Dr. Julie Carlson to focus her research on new women faculty and use it to build networks of support. She titled her session at the University of...

Communication strategies for balance and wellness.
December 1, 2006... Working women often struggle with feelings of guilt. Often that guilt is a signal that our lives are out of balance. If we're not taking care of ourselves, we're not being the best we can be in any area of our lives. It's time to focus on...

Women administrators advance in salary.
December 1, 2006... We recently looked longitudinally at the changes in salary equity for women and men over the 12 years that WIHE has published salary data collected by the CUPA-HR group. Since 1995, WIHE has created a chart that lists median salaries by...

CUWFA conference is February 7-9, 2007.
December 1, 2006... More and more colleges and universities are recognizing that work/life programs are crucial to recruiting and retaining faculty, staff and students in higher education. The College and University Work/Family Association (CUWFA) brings...

What do non-Catholics contribute to a Catholic school?
December 1, 2006... Ethnicity is considered the traditional measure of diversity. But social class, gender, even religious plurality can also be considered legitimate forms of the concept. At the National Association for Women in Catholic Higher Education...

Women's 12 holiday gift ideas for higher ed.
December 1, 2006... Very popular on holiday cards and the Internet is the question: "What if the three wise men at the first Christmas had been women?" The answer? "They would have stopped to ask for directions, brought practical gifts and made a casserole for the...