Women in Higher Education articles from February 2003

Women in Higher Education archives from February 2003

An enlightened search process can diversify administration.
February 1, 2003... If predominately white universities truly want to build and maintain a diverse administrative workforce, they'll have to change the way inclusion and exclusion play out for women and minorities in the search process. "For the past three...

Trustees, faculty plan to control athletics. (Newswatch).
February 1, 2003... When faculty at the University of Oregon heard the football stadium would get a $80 million expansion, yet academic budgets were being slashed and faculty were among the lowest paid in the area, they got angry. They got even more angry...

'Friends' advise Court on Michigan cases. (Newswatch).(George W. Bush administration on affirmative action)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Friends don't let friends make wrong decisions, right? The U.S. Supreme Court got advice from the Bush administration in an amicus curae brief filed last month about two upcoming affirmative action cases involving race-conscious admissions to...

New NCAA president backs Title IX. (Newswatch).(Miles Brand)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... In his inaugural address as president of the NCAA at its annual conference in January, Miles Brand said the group would "move forward in fully implementing Title IX in a timely and aggressive manner, despite the discomfort of some individuals...

Schools review harassment policies. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... In response to a Department of Education directive, the University of Texas at Austin will change its policy on responding to sexual harassment complaints. Administrators will get training on handling them and publicize its procedures more...

Did Columbia U renege on promises? (Newswatch).(1991 sex bias lawsuit)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Although it made many promises to settle a 1991 sex bias lawsuit brought by a tenured female professor, Columbia University NY has broken its word and failed to live up to the promises, according to her new lawsuit seeking $1 million in...

Financial woes affect college athletics. (Newswatch).
February 1, 2003... As they readjust their priorities in allocating limited resources, athletics departments across the country are changing their programs and teams. * At Mississippi University for Women, President Claudia A. Limbert plans to drop its...

'Real world' education rejects sexism. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... If higher education provides 90% of its opportunities to learn through out-of-classroom experiences, some students learned a lot this fall. * At Iowa State University, eight female students in a Women's Studies class complained about a...

Yale University. (Campus Women on the Move).(Susan Hockfield)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Dr. Susan Hockfield will become provost at Yale University CT. A neuroanatomist on Yale's medical faculty since 1985, she became dean of the graduate school of arts and sciences in 1998. There she created many new policies for grad students,...

Shawnee State University. (Campus Women on the Move).(Rita R. Morris)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Dr. Rita R. Morris will become president of Shawnee State University OH in May. She is provost and VP of academic affairs at Lewis-Clark State College ID, and has been a faculty member in communications and an administrator at several colleges...

Solano Community College. (Campus Women on the Move).(Paulette Perfumo)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Dr. Paulette Perfumo started last month as president of Solano Community College CA. A PhD in higher education administration from UCLA, she has been an administrator at Sierra College CA and Lassen Community College CA, and spent six years on...

Oakland Community College. (Campus Women on the Move).(Sharon L. Blackman)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Dr. Sharon L. Blackman, who has been interim president of Oakland Community College MI, became its president in September 2002. She had been dean of technology.

University of Kentucky. (Campus Women on the Move).(Kathy DeBoer)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Kathy DeBoer is now general services commissioner for the city of Lexington KY. After 18 years in athletics administration at the University of Kentucky as basketball coach, senior woman administrator and fundraiser, she was fired when the new...

University of Indianapolis. (Campus Women on the Move).(Sue Willey)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Sue Willey has moved from associate athletics director to athletics director at the University of Indianapolis.

Male athletes acting badly.(University of Wisconsin)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... After several members of the University of Wisconsin football team had highly publicized run-ins with the law for off-the-field transgressions, a Madison newspaper decided to investigate further. The Capital Times ran the names of all...

Setting the record straight. (Newswatch).(Correction Notice)
February 1, 2003... From December, Professor Mary Seeger has a doctorate in Germanic philology. From January, Athena Yiamouyiannis is executive director of the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport.

Leveraging resources meets budget constraints.
February 1, 2003... College and university budgets gratefully received benefits from the stock market boom of the 1990s. Now facing a dramatic loss of revenue, many schools wonder when, if ever, the financial bleeding will stop. Paula Cunningham,...

The power of positive questions.
February 1, 2003... Answers and outcomes depend on the questions we ask. Traditional leadership asks what's wrong and how to fix it. You get different responses and more personal engagement when you ask what's right and how you can build on it. "Appreciative...

Ex-interim chancellor reports on 'adventure in Wonderland'.(University of Massachusetts at Amherst deputy chancellor Dr. Marcellette Williams )
February 1, 2003... Between state budget crunches and terrorist attacks, 2001-02 was a tough year all around. When University of Massachusetts at Amherst deputy chancellor Dr. Marcellette Williams took office as interim chancellor for the year, she found she'd...

Recreational sports directors lead with passion, purpose. (In Her Own Words).
February 1, 2003... While much of the focus on women's college athletics has been on varsity sports, for each varsity player there are several who play intramural sports. They receive neither the free education nor the public acclaim of their varsity sisters, yet...

Leadership, Spirit and the whole person.(Martha Nesbitt on Russ Moxley's 'Leadership and Spirit: Breathing New Vitality into Individuals and Organizations')
February 1, 2003... Russ Moxley's 1999 book, Leadership and Spirit: Breathing New Vitality into Individuals and Organizations, speaks to women in higher education, according to Dr. Martha Nesbitt, the president of Gainesville College GA. "It weaves together...

How to take control of your job search.(women college teachers)
February 1, 2003... Looking for a job can leave you feeling as helpless as a raft in a storm, at the mercy of elements beyond your control. It doesn't have to be that way. Take charge of your search process to land the job that's a match for you. At the...

Women's studies students learn 'What is feminism'?
February 1, 2003... Many of today's young female students have little knowledge of the history and philosophy behind the feminist movement. Instead, they see feminism as a negative, archaic concept irrelevant to their daily lives. Women's studies faculty are...

Don't shoot skinny rabbits.(focusing on important issues)
February 1, 2003... Many of us waste time shooting skinny rabbits. Deadra Stanton, a high school English teacher for 27 years in the Mason City, Iowa district, said skinny rabbits are issues that appear more important than they really are. We all know the...

Benchmarking what women on campus need. (The Last Laugh).
February 1, 2003... It sneaked in, like many important things do, when I was preoccupied with yet another road trip. Charity Hirsch called to ask me a question. She is a cofounder of the WAGE group (We Advocate Gender Equity) supporting female faculty at the...