Women in Higher Education articles from July 2006

Women in Higher Education archives from July 2006

Making the academy more friendly to women.
July 1, 2006... We all know the academy can be an unfriendly place for women. But exactly why is it so hard for women to succeed in higher education leadership, and what can we do about it? Dr. Deborah Rhode, professor of law and director of the Center on...

Court limits sex bias at religious colleges.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2006... Employees may sue a religious school for job discrimination if the school's reasons for its actions are not grounded in "faith, doctrine, or internal regulation" of the church, according to a recent ruling by a federal appeals court. The...

Duke sex scandal update: new lacrosse team standards but fewer applicants for fall.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... With three of its lacrosse team members facing charges of rape, sexual assault and kidnapping, Duke University NC will reinstate its team this fall with a new code of conduct and more supervision, said Duke president Richard Brodhead. ...

Harvard to spend $7.5 million on work/life.(Harvard University)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... In an effort to recruit and retain female faculty, Harvard announced $7.5 million in enhancements to its employee work-life program. Following recommendations of Harvard's 2005 Women's Task Force, the school aims to better support faculty,...

Until 2015, most new students to be women.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2006... The rising number of female students was a continuing theme of the U.S. Education Department's 379-page report, "The Condition of Education 2006." According to the report, women are outpacing men at the undergraduate, graduate and...

U of Wisconsin top lawyer settles bias claim.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2006... The University of Wisconsin-Madison recently settled a sex bias case filed by its top lawyer for $90,000, according to case documents. Dr. Melany S. Newby, vice chancellor for legal and executive affairs, said in her April claim that the...

Summitt first female coach to earn $1 million.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2006... The University of Tennessee's Pat Summitt is the first women's basketball coach to break seven figures. Summitt will make $1.125 million next season and average $1.3 million per season for the rest of her six-year contract extension. "It's...

Stanford reports hiring a few more women.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2006... Despite a push to increase the number of women and minority faculty, Stanford University CA has only seen slight gains. In three reports delivered to the faculty senate, vice-provost for faculty development Patricia Jones noted that while there...

Harvard still lags in supporting women.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2006... A year after Harvard president Lawrence Summers announced a major effort to make faculty more diverse, the school still has a lot of work to do, according to a recent 49-page report. The first report from Harvard's new Office for Faculty...

More schools drop SAT requirement.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... In what appears to be a growing trend, more colleges are moving away from requiring students to submit standardized tests scores as part of applications. Officials at George Mason University in Virginia announced that they will allow some...

Bring women to IT for the fun of it.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2006... Computer science is getting an extreme makeover at some schools in order to appeal to women and underrepresented minorities. Stars Alliance, a 10-school consortium, just received a $2 million, three-year grant from the National Science...

Accounting field lures more women.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2006... The numbers are adding up for female accountants and auditors. As of 2004, women made up more than 60% of the field, up from just 39% in 1983. An estimated 842,200 women are currently employed as accountants or auditors in the U.S. There...

No job for hubby? No deal as UCLA head.(University of California at Los Angeles, Deborah Freund, Thomas Kniesner)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... UCLA's top candidate for chancellor withdrew from consideration because her husband was not offered a faculty position at the school, according to close sources. Dr. Deborah Freund, provost at Syracuse University NY, confirmed that she was...

Academic buildings draw students to schools.(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... For student recruitment and retention, some schools may choose to showcase new dorms or athletics facilities, but what students are really looking for may surprise administrators: academic buildings. According to a study sponsored by the...

To end harassment charges: hire a hit man.(Tidewater Community College)(Brief article)
July 1, 2006... A professor at a community college in Virginia allegedly found a new way to deal with a harassment charge--hire a hit man to kill the female colleague who had filed the charges against him. Jay Glosser, an associate IT professor at...

Canadian presidents share from experience.(Liz Ashton, Sheila Brown, Martha Piper)
July 1, 2006... "Master gardeners" cultivate and nurture the next generation of women leaders. At the Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC) conference in Victoria BC in May 2006, three women presidents shared their growth experience and life...

Reviewing the status of women in academe.
July 1, 2006... What is the current status of women in academe? To explore that question, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators presented a panel of women leaders at its annual conference in Washington DC in March. Each considered her...

Sara Axelson.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Sara Axelson, interim VP for student affairs at the University of Wyoming, becomes VP for student affairs.

Dr. Gail F. Baker.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Gail F. Baker became dean of the College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media at the University of Nebraska at Omaha on July 1. Most recently she has been VP for public relations at the University of Florida.

Dr. Janet Broughton.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Janet Broughton, professor of philosophy at University of California at Berkeley, becomes dean of arts and humanities in the college of letters and science.

Dr. Suzanne Buckley.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Suzanne Buckley, provost and VP for academic affairs at Franklin Pierce College NH, is the new provost and VP for academic affairs at Alfred University NY as of July 1.

Dr. Vicky Carwein.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Vicky Carwein, now president of Westfield State College MA, will become head of the Washington State University's Richland campus.

Joan F. Chrestay.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Joan F. Chrestay, associate dean of external affairs at Villanova University PA, becomes VP for external affairs at Saint Joseph's University PA.

Dr. Ginny Coombs.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Ginny Coombs, became provost and VP for academic affairs at Keuka College NY on July 1. She has been provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

Dr. Mary Cullinan.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Mary Cullinan becomes president of Southern Oregon University. She has been provost and VP for academic affairs at Stephen F. Austin University TX.

Dr. Janet Cunningham.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Janet Cunningham, longtime senior administrator and accounting professor at Northwest Oklahoma State University, will become its first female president.

Dr. Brenda Davis.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Brenda Davis, provost of the Norco campus of Riverside Community College CA, becomes president of the campus.

Allison Dyke.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Allison Dyke, senior associate VP for the alumni association at Emory University GA, becomes VP for alumni relations.

Dr. Eileen Ely.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Eileen Ely became president of Western Nebraska Community College on July 1. She has been dean of the Albany County campus of Laramie County Community College WY.

Dr. Julie Furst-Bowe.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Julie Furst-Bowe, interim provost at University of Wisconsin at Stout, becomes provost.

Dr. Alice P. Gast.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Alice P. Gast will be president of Lehigh University PA starting August 1. She has been VP for research and associate provost at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dr. Velvie Green.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Velvie Green becomes president of Glendale Community College AZ starting August 1. She has been provost at Grand Rapids Community College MI.

Dr. Esin Gulari.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Esin Gulari, who has been a professor of chemical engineering and materials science at Wayne State University MI, becomes dean of the college of engineering and science at Clemson University SC.

Dr. Pamela J. Gunter-Smith.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Pamela J. Gunter-Smith became provost and academic VP at Drew University NJ on July 1. She has been Porter professor of physiology at Spelman College GA.

Dr. Bernice Harris.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Bernice Harris, dean of humanities, fine arts, and social sciences at Community College of Aurora CO, becomes VP for instruction.

Sandy Hatfield Clubb.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Sandy Hatfield Clubb, senior associate director of athletics and senior women administrator at Arizona State University, becomes athletics director at Drake University in Des Moines, IA.

Dr. Pamela Hilbert.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Pamela Hilbert, VP for instruction and student support at Carteret Community College NC, becomes VP for academic affairs at Pitt Community College NC.

Myra Hindus.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Myra Hindus fills the new position of VP for cultural diversity at the Berklee College of Music MA. She has been director of the diversity coalition of the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation.

How external relations supports campus academics.(Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada conference)
July 1, 2006... "External relations is everybody's business in the academy," said Dr. Valerie Kuehne, the new VP of external relations and a professor in child and youth care at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. Women at the Senior Women...

Leadership training develops university presidents.(IN THEIR OWN WORDS)
July 1, 2006... By Dr. Susan R. Madsen, associate professor of management, Utah Valley State College, and Ovilla Turnbull, graduate student, University of Utah Although developing leadership is often acknowledged as an important topic in higher education...

How campus women can connect with business.
July 1, 2006... The differences between the academic and the corporate worlds are decreasing every day. The skills and tools that women need to get ahead in both worlds are remarkably similar. So why the division between the two spheres? Why don't we work...

Dr. Cheryl Johnson-Odim.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Cheryl Johnson-Odim becomes provost at Dominican University CA. She has been dean of liberal arts and sciences at Columbia College in Chicago.

Deborah Jones Smith.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Deborah Jones Smith, associate VP for institutional advancement at Wesleyan College GA, becomes VP for institutional advancement.

Mary Kalantzis.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Mary Kalantzis becomes dean of the college of education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has been chair of education in the research and innovation section and professor of education at RMIT University, Australia.

Dr. Elizabeth Kiss.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Elizabeth Kiss, director of the Kenan Institute of Ethics at Duke University NC, will become president of Agnes Scott College SC on August 1.

Dr. Mary Koski.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Mary Koski became provost at Vermilion Community College MN. She has been associate dean of academics and student services at Minnesota State Community and Technical College at Wadena.

Vickie Lackman.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Vickie Lackman, director of human resources at Bates Technical College WA, becomes VP for human resources.

Dr. Sylvia M. Lee.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Sylvia M. Lee, dean of instruction at the East Campus of Pima Community College AZ, becomes president of the Northwest Campus.

Lucy Leusch.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Lucy Leusch, VP for enrollment management at Atlanta College of Art, becomes VP for enrollment and financial aid at Oglethorpe University GA.

Dr. Maravene S. Loeschke.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Maravene S. Loeschke became president of Mansfield University of Pennsylvania on July 1. She has been provost at Wilkes University PA.

Kathy Mangels.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Kathy Mangels, interim VP for business and finance at Southeast Missouri State University, becomes VP for business and finance.

Dr. Shirley Mullen.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Shirley Mullen, provost at Westmont College CA, becomes the first female president of Houghton College NY.

Cynthia Nance, JD.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Cynthia Nance, JD, who has been a professor of the law school at the University of Arkansas since 1994, became dean July 1.

Maureen O'Rourke, JD.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Maureen O'Rourke, JD, interim dean of the law school at Boston University, becomes dean.

Dr. Sheila Ortego.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Sheila Ortego becomes president of Santa Fe College NM in August. She has served the school since it opened in 1983 as adjunct professor and most recently as executive VP and VP of instruction and student services.

Dr. Wanda Overland.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Wanda Overland, who has been assistant VP of student affairs and dean of students at Bowling Green State University OH, becomes VP of student services and development at St. Cloud State University MN on July 10.

Dr. Janie Park.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Janie Park is the new president of Chadron State College NE. She has been provost and academic vice chancellor at Montana State University.

Dr. Patricia Pierce.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Patricia Pierce has been appointed interim president of Bowie State University MD, where she has been provost and VP for academic affairs.

Dr. Janet Pisaneschi.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Janet Pisaneschi, the longest serving college dean at Western Michigan University, has accepted a one-year term as provost and VP of academic affairs there.

Rebecca A. Prince.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Rebecca A. Prince, director of development at Texas State University at San Marcos, becomes VP for university advancement.

Dr. Rosaline Reichard.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Rosaline Reichard will be the first female president in 170 years at Emory & Henry College in Emory VA. She has been senior VP of academic affairs at Meredith College in Raleigh NC.

Dr. Betty J. Roberts.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Betty J. Roberts became VP for administration and finance at Central Missouri State University on July 1. She has been associate VP for technical support at the University of Houston System.

Dr. Anna Solley.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Anna Solley, acting president of Phoenix College AZ, becomes president.

Dr. Kate M. Stefens.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Kate M. Stefens will become dean of the college of education at St. Cloud State University MN, where she has been interim VP of academic affairs.

Dr. Cheryl Steele.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2006... Dr. Cheryl Steele becomes dean of co-curricular life and VP for student affairs at Sweet Briar College VA. She has been associate dean of students at Kenyon College OH.

Lesbian administrators: an invisible asset.
July 1, 2006... As a doctoral student in the mid-1990s, I told a few of my professors that I wanted to study lesbian leaders. Later, when one very sincerely asked how my study on "hemophilia" was going, I knew there was much work to be done in this area. ...

Facing a drought?(Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada)
July 1, 2006... Using gardening as an overall conference theme, sessions at the Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC) conference held in British Columbia in May applied various gardening references as provocative titles to the sessions. ...

Playing tug of war with academics and consulting? Part III of III.(IN THEIR OWN WORDS)
July 1, 2006... Is there a conflict between your full-time and part-time jobs? Having a part-time consulting practice has both an up side and a down side. The increased revenue and prestige are nice, but the reduction in free time can be stressful. In...

On my summer reading table.
July 1, 2006... Along with a tangy, cold glass of lemonade, the table next to my summer reading chair used to hold just one light, breezy mystery. Like my life, the table today reflects a more diverse/eclectic lifestyle, holding a pile of treats waiting to...

A lifetime of memories for a new generation at camp.(THE LAST LAUGH)
July 1, 2006... With summer camps for cheerleading, computer science, tennis, French and just about anything else of interest, it's hard to believe that the camp I went to 50 years ago is virtually unchanged over the years. Phantom Lake YMCA Camp is near...