Women in Higher Education articles from July 2008

Women in Higher Education archives from July 2008

Tips on getting a community college presidency.
July 1, 2008... Community college presidencies are changing. High turnover in the next few years will bring a new cohort with different demographics, duties and backgrounds. Student affairs officers at the National Association of Student Personnel...

AAUW report: no educational crisis for boys.(NEWSWATCH)(American Association of University Women)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... According to a recent report from the American Association of University Women, the much-cited "boy crisis" in U.S. education is just a myth. Academic success is more closely tied to family income than to gender, according to the authors....

Gender gap in math disappears with equity.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... Girls and boys score similarly in math in countries where women and men have comparable rights and opportunities, according to a recent study from Northwestern University IL. While boys outperformed girls on a math test world-wide, "in...

Revised SAT no better than the old one.(NEWSWATCH)(standardized tests)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... Introduced three years ago with much hoopla, the new SAT does no better at predicting a college student's first-year performance than the one it replaced, according to data collected by its owner, the College Board. "The new SAT was...

Fresno agrees to pay ex-coach $9 million.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2008... Sex discrimination against a former Fresno State University basketball coach will cost the school $9 million, after the two sides reached a settlement of her 2005 lawsuit. After a dramatic eight-week trial, a jury had awarded Stacy...

Hillary inspires women to vote, run for office.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2008... Although unsuccessful, Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign will inspire more women to run for office and accelerate gender equity in politics, according to experts. Clinton has "shown more women and girls that anything is...

Diversity officers: 'you are all covering up'.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... A top proponent of diversity in higher ed accused her colleagues of covering up for their colleges at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education. "Diversity has created jobs for all of us," said Dr. Evelyn...

Prof quits Calvin College over church rule.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2008... A professor at Calvin College MI left the school after not being allowed to attend the church of her choice. Denise Isom sought an exception to Calvin's rule that faculty must attend a church affiliated with the Christian Reformed church....

Women academics: least likely to be moms.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2008... Compared with physicians, lawyers and academics, women in academia are least likely to be parents, a new study shows. The authors of the study, "Alone in the Ivory Tower: How Birth Events Vary Among Fast-Track Professionals," examined...

Academic women face 'quiet desperation'.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... Many women in academia experience subtle "deeply entrenched inequalities" in the workplace, according to a study published in Perspectives in Polities. The study's authors interviewed 80 women at the University of California at Irvine....

'Sister schools' recruit Middle East women.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2008... To recruit new students, admissions deans from five leading women's colleges went to the Middle East this spring. While traditional single-sex schools in the Middle East contrast greatly with the liberalism of women's school in the U.S.,...

WVU degree scandal drives out prez, profs.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2008... West Virginia University President Mike Garrison, a political appointee, has resigned over the controversial awarding of an unearned degree to the governor's daughter. WVU administrators added courses and grades to Heather Bresch's...

NCAA: 87% of big football programs lose $.(NEWSWATCH)(National Collegiate Athletic Association)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... Big-time college sports are generally money-losing enterprises and are becoming more so each year, according to recent stats released by the NCAA. The median loss for all 119 Division I-A programs in 2006 was $7.26 million, although 16...

Colleges add football to recruit students.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2008... Although it can be a financial risk, two more colleges are adding football programs to recruit paying students. Georgia State University's football program will compete in Division I-AA starting in 2010. It will offer up to 65 scholarships...

More schools offer women's wrestling.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2008... To boost their bottom line, several small, private schools are starting women's wrestling teams. Although 5,000 high school girls nationwide wrestled in 2006-2007, only eight colleges offer it as a varsity sport, including three starting...

ASU cuts 3 men's sports over budget woes.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2008... Arizona State University is cutting three varsity men's sports to help ease financial woes. School officials announced that they are immediately eliminating men's swimming, men's tennis and men's wrestling. The move will leave ASU with 20...

West Point removes sexism from song lyrics.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2008... The head of the U.S. Military Academy officially removed sexist words from the school's two songs. Finally. Lt. Gen. Franklin Hagenbeck decided to remove the words "men" and "sons" from the songs "The Corps" and "Alma Mater" after singing...

Students' alcohol abuse costs schools.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2008... Alcohol abuse on campus is costing schools more than just bad press. Many are paying for investigations, services and legal settlements as a result of student drinking: * Fairleigh Dickinson University NJ must pay $260,000 to a student's...

Court OKs Women's College going coed.(NEWSWATCH)
July 1, 2008... Randolph-Macon Women's College did not break a contract with female students when it decided to go coed, according to a ruling by the Virginia Supreme Court. The court noted that marketing materials promoting an all-female school do not...

PhD in Woman's Studies at Texas Woman's.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... Texas Woman's University is poised to offer the first doctorate in Women's Studies in the state. Its Board of Regents recently approved plans for the program. While more than 700 U.S. institutions offer bachelor's and master's in Women's...

Education helps to trim the fat.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... Highly educated U.S. women and men have a lower body mass index (BMI) compared with their less-educated counterparts, according to new international data. Highly educated women and men in poorer countries tend to have a higher BMI than...

Research universities work to increase faculty flexibility.
July 1, 2008... Female professors are rare at research universities. Although women earn more than half the PhDs awarded in the United States to U.S. citizens, they leak from the pipeline at every stage. More women and people of color are getting doctorates,...

An amazing! way to check women's leadership potential.
July 1, 2008... Do you have the right stuff to be a leader? Being socialized to follow, many women wait to be tapped as leaders instead of identifying themselves as potential leaders. Here's one way to do a gut check on yourself as a leader. For the...

Kerrie Abb.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Kerrie Abb moves from interim to dean of basic skills at Yakima Valley Community College WA.

Lydia M. Acosta.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Lydia M. Acosta moved from director of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library LA to VP for information services and university librarian at Nova Southeastern University FL on July 1.

Wendy Adair.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Wendy Adair moves from associate vice chancellor and associate VP for development communications at the University of Houston system to VP for university advancement at Texas Southern University.

Dr. Marisa Alicea.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Marisa Alicea moves from interim to dean of the school of new learning at DePaul University IL.

Dr. Paula Allen-Meares.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Paula Allen-Meares moves from dean of the school of social work at the University of Michigan to chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Dr. Carmen Twillie Ambar.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Carmen Twillie Ambar moves from dean of Douglass college at Rutgers University NJ to president of Cedar Crest College PA in August.

Melissa A. Beardmore.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Melissa A. Beardmore moves from acting to VP for learning resources management at Anne Arundel Community College MD.

Dr. Judy Bense.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Judy Bense moves from executive director of anthropology and archaeology to interim president at the University of West Florida in Pensacola.

Leslie Blackaby.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Leslie Blackaby moves from interim to dean of student services at Yakima Valley Community College WA.

Dr. Linda P. Brady.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Linda P. Brady moves from senior VP and provost at the University of Oregon to chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Dr. Nancy Chandler.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Nancy Chandler moved from VP of instruction to interim president at Faulkner State Community College AL.

Loreen Chant.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Loreen Chant moves from executive VP to president of Johnson & Wales University FL.

Dr. Debra Derr.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Debra Derr moves from VP of learner services at Madison Area Technical College WI to president of North Iowa Area Community College on July 7.

Marguerite Drummer.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Marguerite Drummer moves from nursing instructor to dean of health and science at Hennepin Technical College MN.

Dr. Pam Eddinger.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Pam Eddinger moves from executive VP to president at Moorpark College CA.

Dr. Tracy Espy.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Tracy Espy moves from VP for servant leadership and associate professor of sociology to provost and VP of academic affairs at Pfeiffer University NC.

Michelle Ford.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Michelle Ford moves from interim to dean of the hospitality and restaurant management programs at the New England Culinary Institute VT.

Dr. Terri L. Friel.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Terri L. Friel moved from associate dean of administration at Butler University IN to dean of the college of business administration at Roosevelt University IL on July 1.

Judy Graves.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Judy Graves moves from interim to dean of enrollment management at Central Virginia Community College.

Kassandra Jolley.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Kassandra Jolley moves from VP for university relations at Roger Williams University RI to VP for development at Spelman College GA.

Dr. Nancy Kleniewski.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Nancy Kleniewski moves from provost and VP of academic affairs at Bridgewater State College MA to president of SUNY at Oneonta NY.

Dr. Lee Larson.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Lee Larson moves from dean of business and industry at Lake Superior College in Duluth MN to VP of academic affairs at Hennepin Technical College MN.

Donna A. Lee.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Donna A. Lee moves from dean of students at Rollins College FL to VP for student life and dean of students at Agnes Scott College in Decatur GA.

Paulette Lopez.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Paulette Lopez moves from interim to dean of workforce education at Yakima Valley Community College WA.

Dr. Sarah C. Mangelsdorf.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Sarah C. Mangelsdorf moves from dean of the college of liberal arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to dean of the college of arts and sciences at Northwestern University IL.

Dr. Carolyn (Biddy) Martin.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Carolyn (Biddy) Martin moves from provost at Cornell University NY to chancellor of the University of Wisconsin's flagship campus at Madison.

Deborah Martin.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Deborah Martin moves from associate dean of student affairs to dean of student life at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Dr. Susan May.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Susan May moved from executive VP and chief academic officer to president of the Fox Valley Technical College WI on July 1.

Dr. Tiffany McKillip.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Tiffany McKillip moves from executive VP at Greensboro College NC to president of Averett University VA.

Dr. Ann Marie Murray.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Ann Marie Murray moves from VP for academic affairs at Broome Community College NY to president of Herkimer County Community College NY.

Dr. Kathleen M. Murray.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Kathleen M. Murray moved from professor of music to provost and VP of academics at Birmingham-Southern College AL on July 1.

Dr. Janine Pease.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Janine Pease moved from VP for American Indian affairs at Rocky Mountain College MT to VP for academic affairs at Fort Peck Community College MT.

Dr. Katherine Persson.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Katherine Persson moves from the presidency of the Rock Creek campus of Portland Community College OR to the presidency of Lone Star College-Kirkwood TX in August.

Dr. Rachel Petty.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Rachel Petty moves from dean of the college of arts and sciences to senior dean and academic advisor for faculty engagement at the University of the District of Columbia.

Valerie A. Richardson.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Valerie A. Richardson moves from VP of institutional advancement and student services to acting president at Gadsden State Community College AL.

Nancy Hardin Rogers.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Nancy Hardin Rogers moves from dean of the law school at Ohio State University to attorney general for Ohio until November.

Dr. Linda Salchenberger.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Linda Salchenberger moves from associate dean of academics at the school of continuing studies at Northwestern University IL to become the first female dean of the school of business and graduate school of management at Marquette University...

Dr. Linda Samek.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Linda Samek moves from provost at Corban College OR to dean of the school of education at George Fox University OR.

Robina C. Schepp.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Robina C. Schepp moves from assistant VP of marketing and communications to VP of enrollment management at Pace University NY.

Edith M. Schulze.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Edith M. Schulze moves from dean of student life to VP of student life at Bethel University MN.

Dr. Susan Scrimshaw.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Susan Scrimshaw moves from president of Simmons College MA to interim president of Russell Sage College NY on August 1.

Dr. Carol Spalding.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Carol Spalding moves from president of the Open Campus of Florida Community College to president of Rowan-Cabarrus Community College in NC.

E. Jessie Shefrin.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... E. Jessie Shefrin moves from dean of graduate studies to provost of the Rhode Island School of Design on July 1.

Dr. Laura J. Steinberg.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Laura J. Steinberg moves from professor and chair of the department of environmental and civil engineering at Southern Methodist University TX to dean of the college of engineering and computer science at Syracuse University NY.

Sister Francis Marie Thrailkill.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Sister Francis Marie Thrailkill moves from president of the College of Mount Saint Joseph OH to president of Chatfield College OH on August 1.

Dr. Noelia Vela.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Noelia Vela moves from president and superintendent of Cerritos College CA to chancellor of the San Bernardino Community College District CA.

Dr. Gloria Walker.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Gloria Walker moves from vice chancellor for finance and administration at Houston Community College System TX to COO and executive VP at Texas Southern University.

Ingrid Wicker-McCree.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Ingrid Wicker-McCree moves from interim to director of athletics at North Carolina Central University.

Dr. Meredith Jung-en Woo.(Women on the Move)
July 1, 2008... Dr. Meredith Jung-en Woo moves from associate dean of social sciences in the college of literature, sciences and the arts at the University of Michigan to dean of the college and graduate school of arts and sciences at the University of...

Use political advocacy, social action to benefit your school.
July 1, 2008... Campuses have a tendency to be insular. But reaching out to your local and state government leaders can have reciprocal benefits. It's a great way to advance your issues and the causes that your school believes in. The trick is getting...

New Women's Studies course teaches life lessons.
July 1, 2008... While students at the University of Dayton OH have been able to minor in Women's Studies since the late 1970s, now they can major in it. The new change in the program's status brought a need to revamp the curriculum and its required...

Tips on how women faculty pursue life balance.(MOVEABLE TYPE)
July 1, 2008... One day while Dr. Maike Ingrid Philipsen was grading papers, her then-six-year-old son-who knew not to interrupt--wrote her a memo. The cover page read, "Plees reed this." The memo; "Please lissen to me." She found balance only after her...

How to engage religious pluralism on campus.
July 1, 2008... Making sense of their lives is critical to students. We as professionals need to address it on campus," Dr. Judith Rogers said at the NASPA conference in Boston in March. An associate professor of educational leadership at Miami University in...

My brother's keeper.(THE LAST LAUGH)
July 1, 2008... I didn't do such a good job as my brother's keeper. He died very suddenly and unexpectedly at his California home last month on June 7, the day after my birthday. He'd just emailed me a Happy Birthday note, chatting about his latest plan to...