Women in Higher Education articles from December 2008

Women in Higher Education archives from December 2008

How to retain female scientists who want a life, too.
December 1, 2008... "It's cheaper to keep her" goes the blues song. Science departments, pay attention or soon you'll be singing the blues. It's wildly expensive--not to mention unjust and wasteful of talent--to educate women scientists and then drive them away...

Ban affirmative action? Colorado votes 'nay' but Nebraska votes 'yea'.(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2008... Colorado became the first state to reject an initiative to eliminate race and gender-based affirmative action programs, while Nebraska voted to end such programs. Colorado voters turned down the Colorado Civil Rights Initiative by a slim...

Obama victory due to young, female voters.(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2008... Young voters significantly helped Barack Obama win the race to the White House. Two-thirds of voters ages 18 to 29 voted for Obama on November 4. Experts estimate the between 22 and 24 million young people voted in this election, an...

UT-Brownsville prez helps Obama transition.(NEWSWATCH)(University of Texas, Barack Obama)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... President-elect Barack Obama has called University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College President Juliet Garcia to his White House transition team. Garcia, the first Mexican-American woman to head a four-year U.S....

Penn state reports improved gender equity.(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2008... The percentage of female administrators, faculty and staff at Penn State University has risen in the past decade, according to school officials. The school's Commission for Women compared demographic and salary data from fall 1997 to fall...

First woman becomes a four-star general.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... The U.S. Army has its first four-star woman general. After 33 years in the service, Ann Dunwoody broke the military's glass ceiling. Dunwoody comes from a family of military men, with her father a decorated veteran of three wars and a...

Iowa presidents' bonuses linked to goals.(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2008... For the first time, the bonuses of the presidents of the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and University of Northern Iowa are tied to job performance. The presidents set their job performance goals, which were reviewed by the Iowa...

Female athletes boost graduation rates.(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2008... According to NCAA calculations, graduation rates for athletes in the biggest college sports programs (Division I) are the highest ever, 87% for females and 71% for males, for an average of 78%. The NCAA uses its own formula to calculate...

NCAA report: female athletes lost ground.(NEWSWATCH)(National Collegiate Athletic Association)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... After major advances in women's college sports for the last two decades, women are beginning to lose ground, according to a new NCAA report. The biennial gender equity report found that Division I schools directed a smaller proportion of...

FGCU settles 3 bias settles for $4.2 million.(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2008... Florida Gulf Coast University has settled gender bias lawsuits with two former coaches and a former general counsel for $4.2 million. The university made a $3.4 million settlement with a former volleyball coach and a former women's golf...

NCAA finally recommends voluntary campus policy supporting pregnant athletes.(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2008... More than five years in the making, a recommended policy for NCAA members on dealing with pregnancies that have cost female athletes their scholarships has finally made it through its bureaucracy. The NCAA planned to alert member...

Denied tenure in 1974, prof gives $1 million.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... An anthropology professor has donated $1 million to Brown University RI, three decades after she successfully sued the school for sex bias in denying her tenure. Dr. Louise Lamphere's gift to Brown establishes a visiting professorship in...

Female profs at UT-Austin earn $9,00 less.(NEWSWATCH)(University of Texas-Austin )(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... University of Texas-Austin female professors earned an average of $9,000 less than their male counterparts in 2007, according to a report from the school's Gender Equity Task Force. The report also found that female non-tenure track faculty...

Another Iowa prof suicide after harassment.(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2008... A professor at the University of Iowa committed suicide in November after a former student filed suit against him and the university. It is the second such suicide in three months at the university-Mark Weiger, a music professor at the school...

UC prof skips training on sex harassment.(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2008... A tenured University of California at Irvine molecular biology professor is facing unpaid leave for refusing to take part in training to help prevent sexual harassment. Alexander McPherson, 64, called the training a "sham" and has...

63 frat men 'walk a Mile in Her Shoes' to prevent rape, at centre college fundraiser.(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2008... It's much harder to walk the talk in 5-inch heels, but 63 fraternity members at Centre College KY donned the red footwear and walked through downtown Danville to call attention to violence against women, raise money and inject a little humor...

SAE frat to pay $16.2 million after hazing.(NEWSWATCH)(Sigma Alpha Epsilon )(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... A Texas judge has ordered the national and local chapters of a fraternity to pay $16.2 million to the parents of a freshman pledge who fell to his death in November 2006 during an alleged hazing incident at the University of Texas at Austin....

BYU yanks diploma of calendar creator.(NEWSWATCH)(Brigham Young University )(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Brigham Young University UT revoked the diploma of a man who made a calendar featuring shirtless Mormon missionaries in mostly modest poses. Chad Hardy finished his BYU course work in June and participated in August graduation. He found out...

Jed Foundation guide to prevent suicides.(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2008... The Jed Foundation, a nonprofit suicide-prevention group, has released a guide to clarify legal and ethical issues regarding student mental health. "Student Mental Health and the Law" encourages colleges to establish leave of absence...

Soulforce gay rights activists arrested.(NEWSWATCH)
December 1, 2008... Members of gay rights group Soulforce have been arrested on three recent campus visits during their nationwide Equality Ride bus tour. The group travels to faith- based universities to promote their inclusion at schools that have policies that...

Post doc poisons female colleague, twice.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... A post doc at the University of California at San Francisco has admitting to attempting to poison a female colleague by putting lab chemicals in her drinking water. Benchun Liu, a Chinese citizen and researcher in the UCSF urology...

Sarah Lawrence listed as most expensive.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... At $53,166 a year for tuition, room and board, Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville NY is the most expensive school in the U.S., according to a recent report from the College Board. The price tag comes with perks. The private, liberal arts...

Tips for leaders: start small, expect twists and turns.
December 1, 2008... Women's paths to leadership are rarely a straight line or a ladder. Sometimes the path feels more like a maze, a puzzle fraught with false turns and no clear way out. That's how rural South Dakota felt to Dr. Melody Schopp when she started...

HERC links dual career couples to campus jobs.
December 1, 2008... Consider this statistic: More than one-third of faculty in higher education are partnered with another academic. And it probably comes as no surprise that women are more likely than men to have academic partners. In the sciences, the...

Kimberly K. Bright.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... * Kimberly K. Bright moves from director of academic advising and student records at Southern Methodist University TX to dean of students at Chadron State College NE.

Dr. Kathleen Burke.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Kathleen Burke moves from dean of the school of professional study at Trinity Washington University DC to the college of professional studies at George Washington University DC.

Dr. Patricia Chase.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Patricia Chase moves from director of counseling, health and wellness services at Alma College MI to dean of students at Aquinas College MI.

Dr. Cecilia Conrad.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Cecilia Conrad moves from VP and interim dean of the faculty at Scripps College CA to VP and dean of the college at Pomona College CA.

Iris Harvey.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Iris Harvey moves from associate VP for marketing and communications at Wright State University OH to VP for university relations at Kent State University OH.

Connie L. Harris.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Connie L. Harris moves for VP for institutional advancement at Meredith College NC to VP for development and alumni relations at Muhlenberg College PA.

Dr. Marjorie Hass.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Marjorie Hass moves from being the first provost at Muhlenberg College PA to president of Austin College TX in July 2009.

Judy Heinrichs.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Judy Heinrichs moves from interim to dean of the school of education at City University of Seattle WA.

Dr. Georgene Herschbach.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Georgene Herschbach moves from associate dean for academic programs to dean of administration at Harvard College of Harvard University MA.

Dr. Sharon A. Jones.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Sharon A. Jones moves from professor of civil and environmental engineering and former chair of engineering studies to become director of the engineering division at Lafayette College PA.

Dr. Wendy B. Libby.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Wendy B. Libby moves from president of Stephens College in Columbia MO to become the first female president of Stetson University FL in July 2009.

Dr. Kathy Love.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Kathy Love moves from president of Flint River Technical College GA to president of Savannah Technical College in Savannah GA on January 1.

Ellen L. Meyer.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Ellen L. Meyer, former president of the Atlanta College of Art, moves to president of the Watkins College of Art and Design and the Watkins Film Festival in Nashville TN.

Dr. Mary Y. Miller.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Mary Y. Miller moves from Sterling professor of the history of art and master of Saybrook College at Yale University CT to dean of Yale College.

Dr. Irene Mozer.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Irene Mozer moves from VP for business and finance at Alfred University NY to VP for finance and administration at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Laura Palmer Noone.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Laura Palmer Noone, president emerita of the University of Phoenix, becomes CEO of Nouveau University AZ.

Dr. Meg Nowak.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Meg Nowak moves from assistant dean for student and academic services in the school of business at Ithaca College NY to VP for student life at Hartwick College NY.

Janice Odom.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Janice Odom moves from assistant VP for advancement services at the University of Texas at San Antonio to VP of the division of university advancement at the University of Texas-Pan American.

Dr. Donna Oliver.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Donna Oliver moves from provost and VP for academic affairs at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville FL to president of her alma mater, Mississippi Valley State University, in early January.

Dr. Helen T. Ouellette.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Helen T. Ouellette moves from COO at Earth-watch Institute to administrative dean at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University MA.

Zoanne Parker.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Zoanne Parker moves from director of cooperative extension at North Carolina State University to dean and director of workforce and economic development community education and public safety training at Harrisburg Area Community College PA.

Jessica Parker.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Jessica Parker moves from executive director to VP of alumni affairs at the New College of Florida foundation.

Dr. Barbara L. Schuster.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Barbara L. Schuster moves from chair of the department of internal medicine at the school of medicine at Wright State University OH to dean of the Medical College of Georgia, part of the University of Georgia Medical Partnership campus at...

Dr. Laura Schweitzer.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Laura Schweitzer moves from dean of Albany Medical College's Cooperstown campus and chief academic officer at Bassett Healthcare to president of the Union Graduate College NY.

Dr. Lisa J. Servon.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Lisa J. Servon moves from associate director of the Community Development Research at Milano to dean of the New School for Management and Urban Policy in NYC.

Dr. Gloria Thomas.(Women on the Move)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... Dr. Gloria Thomas moves from the American Council on Education's Office of Women in Higher Education, where she has been associate director and associate project director of the Sloan Foundation project on Faculty Career Flexibility, to be...

Jennifer Wider.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... Jennifer Wider moves from national director of corporate relations at the United Negro College Fund to VP of development at Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

Joanne Williams.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... * Joanne Williams moves from education reporter and news anchor at WITI-TV in Milwaukee to VP of public relations and marketing at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee.

Harriet Winer.(Women on the Move)
December 1, 2008... * Harriet Winer moves from principle consultant at HJ Winer and Associates in Boston to VP of development at American Associates Ben-gurion University of the Negev NY.

Tips on how to create campus change that lasts.
December 1, 2008... Inspired leaders initiate big changes. Disappointment or disillusion may follow, with results so different from what they envisioned that they think the initiative failed. We get into trouble when we confuse the project design with the most...

Part II of a three-part series qualities of women who lead top research universities.(IN HER OWN WORDS)
December 1, 2008... Ed. Note: Part I of this series contained a robust literature review and comparison of various models of leadership Women can bring a different type of leadership to higher education, enabling institutions to respond more effectively to the...

Senior academics invited to 'pay it forward'.
December 1, 2008... In the 2000 movie Pay It Forward, a teacher's challenge inspires a young student to do positive things to improve people's lives. The movie's premise is to do something good for someone and instead of getting paid back, the recipient of the...

The politics, practice, value of assessing Women's Centers.(IN THEIR OWN WORDS)
December 1, 2008... Now that women are almost 60% of college students, what's the value of a campus Women's Center? To answer that question, four experienced Women's Center directors shared their expertise on assessing the value of Women's Centers through formal...

Why is male identity development a women's issue?
December 1, 2008... Helping male students to succeed smacks a bit of "giving aid and comfort to the enemy." Improving their lot will, in turn, reduce the opportunities for women. Or will it? How can professional women help male students without directly...

It's time for real change, for a change.(THE LAST LAUGH)(Column)
December 1, 2008... Everywhere you go--from politicians to voters to college administrators to squalling babies--someone is crying out for change. Our economy has gone so far south that it takes a NASA satellite to keep track of things, and voters are awaiting...