Women in Higher Education articles from February 2009

Women in Higher Education archives from February 2009

Roosevelt u models search for diverse campus leaders.
February 1, 2009... For the first time in the 63-year history of Roosevelt University in downtown Chicago IL, women hold more senior leadership positions than men do. Of its top leaders on the Executive Council, women outnumber men six to four, while four of the...

Obama chooses more academic women.(NEWSWATCH)
February 1, 2009... President-elect Barack Obama has selected more academic women to serve in his administration. Among the newest recruits: * Elena Kagan, Harvard Law School dean. Kagan was once a clerk for Thurgood Marshall and a candidate for Harvard...

New Ed secy offers agenda of progress.(NEWSWATCH)
February 1, 2009... Arne Duncan, CEO of the Chicago Public Schools and Barack Obama's pick for Secretary of Education, has big ideas for improving education in the United States. Duncan cited these priorities for U.S. higher ed: * Increase the maximum...

New sex bias laws would help women.(NEWSWATCH)
February 1, 2009... The U.S. House of Representatives approved two new bills to give women more power in their fight for equal pay. "In the first week of the new Congress, this is the legislation we are putting forward--pay equity, fairness to women in the...

NCAA study reveals why women don't seek careers in athletics administration.(NEWSWATCH)
February 1, 2009... Only 10% of current female student athletes are interested in finding a career in intercollegiate athletics, according to a new study on the barriers to women. The 2007-2008 study asked female student athletes, female sports...

Scholarships reward community service.(NEWSWATCH)
February 1, 2009... With around 33 million college students doing volunteer work, a movement is underfoot to reward these civic-minded scholars with financial aid. Only a tiny fraction of the $29 billion in aid awarded to students goes toward service...

Feds Sue Luna College over harassment.(NEWSWATCH)
February 1, 2009... The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Luna Community College in New Mexico, saying it did little or nothing to stop its ex-president from sexually harassing an employee. According to the suit, the college's former president, Leroy...

Economy fuels adult shift to online classes.(NEWSWATCH)
February 1, 2009... While economic troubles typically lead to higher enrollment across higher education institutions, the number of students enrolled in online courses is expected to rise with the current recession. Online courses offer learners more time...

For-profit schools doing fine, thanks.(NEWSWATCH)
February 1, 2009... While the sour economy has many higher ed institutions pinching pennies, for-profit schools seem to be doing well. Enrollment at for-profit schools was up 15% in the last quarter, according to Stifel Nicolaus, a Cleveland brokerage firm. ...

Pat Summitt spawned 70+ coaching careers.(NEWSWATCH)
February 1, 2009... University of Tennessee's legendary women's basketball coach Pat Summitt has led dozens of women into coaching careers. With 35 years at Tennessee and eight national championships, Summitt has 70 former players, coaches, operations directors,...

Western Washington cuts football program.(NEWSWATCH)
February 1, 2009... After 98 seasons, Western Washington University is cutting its football team. School officials cited financial reasons for the decision, noting that dropping football will save the school about $485,000 over the next few years. The...

UC Boulder football players still misbehave.(NEWSWATCH)
February 1, 2009... Several years ago football recruiting scandal involving sex and alcohol at UC-Boulder brought down the university system president, and on the Boulder campus a chancellor, AD and football coach. Now players are breaking the law en masse,...

Utah State Greeks charged in hazing death.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... Two Utah State University Greek societies face felony hazing charges after the alcohol-poisoning death of an 18-year-old male pledge last November. In an initiation ritual, Chi Omega sorority women "captured" Sigma Nu frat pledge Michael...

Ex-post doc settles with SUNY-Stony Brook.(NEWSWATCH)
February 1, 2009... A former State University of New York at Stony Brook post-doc who said her supervisor denied her maternity leave has settled her sex discrimination suit with the school. After consulting university policies, Sherry Towers thought she could...

Grad students question academic careers.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... Moving from grad school to a job in academia used to be automatic, but now grad students are thinking twice before doing it, according to a University of California study. Many students begin to consider career paths outside the ivory...

U of Chicago offers coed dorm rooms.(NEWSWATCH)(University of Chicago)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... The University of Chicago is offering coed dorm rooms this semester, joining about 30 campuses nationally that allow for such housing arrangements. The pilot program is in response to a student-led initiative and will not be open to...

Report: SAT scores lower for athletes.(NEWSWATCH)
February 1, 2009... Football and men's basketball players average hundreds of points lower on college entrance exams than their peers, according to a study of 54 public universities. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found that football players scored an...

Schools start to embrace transfer students.(NEWSWATCH)
February 1, 2009... With more students beginning their higher ed careers at affordable community colleges and more older learners returning to school in a tough economy, colleges are finding the value in transfer students. More than 40% of students responding...

Part-time option retains female physicians.(NEWSWATCH)
February 1, 2009... Unless medical schools and teaching hospitals create more part-time schedules, women will continue to drop out of academic medical careers, according to a series of articles in the January issue of Academic Medicine. Many women shy away...

Physicians oppose certifying 'doctor nurses'.(NEWSWATCH)
February 1, 2009... A new high-level nursing certification is blurring the lines between doctors and nurses, much to the chagrin of some physicians. About 80 nursing schools offer "doctor of nursing" degrees and at the end of 2008, about 40 nurses from the...

High-tech physics classes attract students.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... Replacing the large lecture-based intro physics class at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a smaller, hands-on interactive class has led to an increase in attendance and a 50% decrease in the failure rate. MIT is not alone in...

Law students report using laptops in class helps them to engage, think critically.(NEWSWATCH)
February 1, 2009... When used appropriately, laptops can lead to student gains in critical and analytical thinking, according to the 2008 Law School Survey of Student Engagement. While professors may get fed up with students using laptop to get on Facebook or...

NCAA prez Brand has pancreatic cancer.(NEWSWATCH)(National Collegiate Athletic Association's Myles Brand)(Brief article)
February 1, 2009... When the National Collegiate Athletic Association held its annual conference in Maryland last month, President Myles Brand was conspicuously absent. The next week he announced having been diagnosed and confirmed with pancreatic cancer with...

Women weave the web of social justice globally.
February 1, 2009... The fall inauguration of Dr. Helen Sobehart as the first lay woman president of Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee WI presented a fortuitous opportunity for international learning. Sobehart--whose work addresses social justice through...

Women on the move.
February 1, 2009... * Betsy Brodigan moves from director of institutional research, assessment and planning at Middlebury College VT to VP for institutional planning at Bowdoin College ME. * Dr. Castell Bryant moves from interim president of Florida A & M...

Assessment drives cultural change on campus.
February 1, 2009... If "People don't plan to fail, they only fail to plan" is true, then reducing the chances of failure can be as simple as regularly measuring progress toward the goal. To move the academy forward around work/life issues, the emphasis should...

Personality type & leadership style predict success.
February 1, 2009... In one of the last scenes in The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy asks Glinda the Good Witch why she was never told where to find the answers she sought. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Glinda tells Dorothy that she had all the answers inside herself,...

Tips to reduce the academic leadership learning curve.(IN HER OWN WORDS)
February 1, 2009... I started my academic career as an assistant professor at my current institution immediately after finishing graduate school in 1993. I was tenured in 2000 and appointed chair of the division of social sciences in July 2007. Being...

Quantify flexible policies' value: 'it's cheaper to keep her'.
February 1, 2009... Tight budgets, scarce funding, even layoffs have schools scrutinizing their balance sheets to account for every penny spent. Even flexible work/life policies are being scrutinized, since some faculty and administrators believe that these...

New NCAA policy: safety, equity for pregnant athletes.
February 1, 2009... Soon after Dr. Elizabeth A. Sorensen became the first woman faculty athletics representative at Wright State University in Dayton OH in 2002-03, athletics director Dr. Michael Cusack brought the council a question. Two student athletes had...

Dear Mr. President.(THE LAST LAUGH)(Column)
February 1, 2009... Welcome to the most powerful job in the world. Millions found inspiration in your January 20 inaugural address, especially its conclusion: Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this...