Women in Higher Education articles from January 2005

Women in Higher Education archives from January 2005

How to have conversations on campus that matter.
January 1, 2005... Students come to college hungry to make meaning of their lives. Instead they confront a culture where questions of meaning and value are taboo. A misconstruction of tolerance prevents the constructive clash of ideas, Dr. Mary Jane Guy said at...

More students fault schools for failure to protect them after rapes, assaults.(NEWSWATCH)(cases of sexual harassment in colleges)
January 1, 2005... * At Bishop State Community College in Alabama, a jury has ordered the school to pay $285,000 in damages to a former student who sued it for failing to comply with Title IX. Kimberly Howard, a former student in the school's culinary arts...

Graduation rates increase for athletes.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Led by women, scholarship athletes are graduating at record rates in most sports, reported the NCAA recently. While rates for black male athletes have improved, those of white basketball and football players have declined. The report said...

Court denies injunction to stop Wells College from going coed, filed by two irate students.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Two students who sued Wells College in New York to prevent the school from admitting men until after they graduate in 2008 lost their bid for an injunction to stop it. Acting State Supreme Court Justice Peter Corning said they failed to...

Supreme Court hears Title IX retaliation case.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The Supreme Court is considering whether Title IX allows lawsuits by those who claim they were punished for pointing out gender bias. The case involves an Alabama girls' basketball coach who lost his job after reportedly asking Birmingham...

Harvard quickly bans recruiters again.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Harvard Law School has returned to a policy that keeps the military from recruiting on campus. One day after a federal court ruled that colleges can bar military recruiters without fear of losing federal funds, Harvard returned to its previous...

Fallout from Colorado sex scandal continues.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... A grand jury recently completed its investigations into charges that the University of Colorado at Boulder's football program used sex and drugs to recruit players. Three female students have sued the school, charging that CU football players...

Lawsuit over football players' grades vindicates instructor, costs LSU $150,000.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... To settle a lawsuit over improving the grades of football players, Louisiana State University will pay a former adjunct kinesiology instructor $150,000, apologize to her and write her three letters of recommendation. Caroline Owen, who now...

Newman University prez disparaged women?(NEWSWATCH)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The president of Newman University KS recently sent a campus-wide email saying that he was "saddened" by complaints of sex discrimination at the school and defended its hiring policies. Faculty members have expressed concern about the Catholic...

Is it ethical to use male athletes for practice?(NEWSWATCH)(National Collegiate Athletic Association )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics recently discussed using male players to practice against women's athletics teams. Committee chair Darlene Bailey, associate AD at SW Missouri State, said the use of male practice players is most common...

Web site builds a house in Guatemala.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... A technology professor at New Jersey's William Patterson University is helping to build a house for an impoverished family in Guatemala through her Web designing skills and networking with students and colleagues. Kristen Palana came in...

Community colleges have evolved.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The idea that students at community colleges come straight from high school and study for two years before moving on is slowly dissolving, according to this year's Community College Survey of Student Engagement. The study found that many...

'Pauline Bunyans' join logging teams.(NEWSWATCH)(Women in College logging team )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... During a recent weekend in California, Gina Lopez was looking forward to an obstacle course and a race-like-a-bear-is-after-you-tree-climbing contest at a logging competition. "It's a new era in forestry," commented the short, female, Latina,...

Survivors lead with heart and strength.(athlete and college coach Kathleen DeBoer)(Interview)(Biography)
January 1, 2005... Women have come a long way since Kathleen DeBoer left pro basketball to become a college volleyball coach in 1980. Today, working for county government in Kentucky after 23 years in intercollegiate athletics, she sees herself as a survivor, not...

What can a college president really hope to accomplish?
January 1, 2005... The average tenure for a college or university president is a little more than six years. Researchers presume that the short stay is "normal, expected and a value-neutral event," said Melinda Rhodes, assistant dean of the faculty at Cottey...

Three veteran administrators share career tips.
January 1, 2005... Aspiring to higher education leadership? Learn from women who've made it. At the Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership (WWHEL) conference in Eau Claire in October 2004, three women shared "Tips, Qualities, Cautions: What It Takes to...

Raising friends, while raising funds.
January 1, 2005... It takes a village to raise a child, but it really only takes one woman to make a significant difference in the lives of others. Just ask Natalie Lupton. Lupton is an adjunct faculty member and instructional coordinator at Central...

Groups make math class more woman-friendly.
January 1, 2005... Dr. Susan Talarico learned math just fine in traditional classrooms: rows of desks with a lecturer up front. Having switched from math education into theoretical math for her PhD, she started teaching the way she'd been taught. That worked for...

American Association of Colleges and Universities.(Women on the Move)(Pearl W. Bartelt appointed as provost and vice president at Edinboro University )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Dr. Pearl W. Bartelt, senior fellow at the American Association of Colleges and Universities in Washington DC, becomes provost and VP for academic affairs at Edinboro University PA.

University of Kansas.(Women on the Move)(Ann M. Brill appointed as dean at the University of Kansas)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Dr. Ann M. Brill, interim dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas, moves to dean.

Southern University.(Women on the Move)(Barbara West Carpenter appointed as dean of international education)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Dr. Barbara West Carpenter, director of continuing education at Southern University LA, moves to dean of international education at the campus.

Thomas Edison State College.(Women on the Move)(Susan Davenport appointed as vice provost )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Susan Davenport, director of learner services at Thomas Edison State College NJ, moves to vice provost for learner services at the college.

University of Washington.(Women on the Move)(Dr. Denise Denton appointed as chancellor of the University of California)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Dr. Denise Denton, dean of the college of engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle, has been appointed chancellor of the University of California at Santa Cruz.

University of Texas Health Science Center.(Women on the Move)(Barbara Foorman appointed as Commissioner for Education Research at the U.S. Department of Education)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Dr. Barbara Foorman, pediatrics professor and director of the Center for Academic and Reading Skills at the University of Texas Health Science Center, becomes the first Commissioner for Education Research at the U.S. Department of Education.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.(Women on the Move)(Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble appointed as director of the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble, associate professor of health policy and management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will be director of the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care.

University of Pennsylvania.(Women on the Move)(Bonnie Gibson appointed as vice president )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Bonnie Gibson, acting executive director of the office of budget and management analysis at the University of Pennsylvania, becomes VP for budget and management analysis on the campus.

Converse College.(Women on the Move)(Nancy O. Gray appointed as president of Hollins University)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Nancy O. Gray, president of Converse College SC, moves to president of Hollins University VA.

College of Santa Fe.(Women on the Move)(Dr. Linda Hanson appointed as president of Hamline University )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Dr. Linda Hanson, president of College of Santa Fe NM, will be the first female president of Hamline University MN.

University of Wisconsin Foundation.(Women on the Move)(Shannon D. Lejeune appointed as vice-president at Ohio Dominican University)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Shannon D. Lejeune, director of development for the University of Wisconsin Foundation, moves to VP for advancement at Ohio Dominican University.

Rutgers University.(Women on the Move)(appoints Kim Manning-Lewis as vice president)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Kim Manning-Lewis, executive director of university relations at Rutgers University NJ, becomes VP for university relations at the campus.

Stanford University School of Medicine.(Women on the Move)(Judith L. Swain appointed as director of the College of Integrated Life Sciences at the University)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Dr. Judith L. Swain, chair of the department of medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, becomes the first director of the College of Integrated Life Sciences at the University of California-San Diego.

Boston University's College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.(Women on the Move)(Gloria Waters appointed as dean)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Dr. Gloria Waters, professor of communications disorders and chair of the department of health sciences in Boston University's College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, moves to dean.

Triton College.(Women on the Move)(Dorene Wiese appointed as president of NAES College)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Dorene Wiese, assistant VP for minority recruitment at Triton College IL, becomes president of NAES College IL, serving Native Americans.

University of Colorado.(Women on the Move)(Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, VP and associate vice chancellor at the University of Colorado )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... Dr. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, professor in the department of speech, language, and hearing science, interim VP and associate vice chancellor for diversity and equality at the University of Colorado at Boulder, becomes vice chancellor for...

Tips for leaders challenging a sexist vocational culture.
January 1, 2005... Symbols of a sexist culture plaster the walls of many male-dominated workspaces. Stereotypical images such as women in bikinis in beer ads and calendars warn women away from industries like auto body repair or truck driving. Those who...

Interested in work/family balance?
January 1, 2005... Consider attending the annual conference of the College and University Work Family Association (CUWFA) scheduled for February 23-26, 2005 in Atlanta. Topics include: moving from a grassroots project to a system-wide initiative at the...

Sororities are 'family' to black women on a white campus.
January 1, 2005... How do young black women get beyond the limits that society sets for them or they set for themselves? While growing up, most black female adolescents are either denigrated or excluded in print and electronic media, which can lead to a...

Readers report less gender bias, but it still exists.
January 1, 2005... Starting our 14th year of publishing Women in Higher Education, we learned that gender bias on campus is still a problem, but things are improving for most women. Of respondents to the survey mailed with October's issue, a whopping 89%...

New year's resolutions--for others.(THE LAST LAUGH)
January 1, 2005... At this time of the year, it's always tempting to make New Year's Resolutions, as if writing them down will automatically make one a better person. As a younger woman, I tried it a few times. No matter how much I wrote about them, nothing...