Women in Higher Education articles from June 2003

Women in Higher Education archives from June 2003

Most faculty caregivers strategize to avoid discrimination.
June 1, 2003... Balancing work and caregiving responsibilities challenges those who look after loved ones who are young, elderly or disabled. Most caregivers on campus minimize or hide their caregiving commitments in order to succeed professionally, developing...

Abortion foes fight graduation speakers. (Newswatch).(religious group protests graduation speech)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... When Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles invited sisters Loretta and Linda Sanchez to address graduates at commencement, the idea was to honor two women whose hard work brought them from immigrant status to become members of Congress. ...

New Air Force leaders vow to shift culture. (Newswatch).(women's safety and rape)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... In the wake of the sexual abuse scandal at the Air Force Academy that included 56 female cadets reporting being raped and then being disciplined or ostracized, two new leaders promised less talk and more action. "We must ensure an...

NCAA report finds fewer campus athletes. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Despite a decrease of about 2% in both women and men players, the NCAA reported that participation in its championship sports remains high and men are still the majority at 57.7% of competitors. Women participants decreased 1.35% from the...

17 women join National Academy of Sciences. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The largest number of women ever to be elected to join the National Academy of Sciences, 17 women and at least two African Americans, were among the 72 new members chosen this year. That increases the percentage of women to about 8% of the...

Harvard panel advises new assault policies. (Newswatch).(Harvard University)(improving sex crime investigations)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Although the U.S. Education Department has given its approval to Harvard University's controversial new policy requiring verification of sexual assault, a campus committee working for seven months on the issue has instead called for deeper,...

Nude models strike back at schools. (Newswatch).(models form labor union)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... At least two schools are reconsidering how they treat the people who pose there nude or semi-nude. At Ohio University's College of Communication, a female senior complained of sexual harassment by the director of the school of visual...

Fewer women, minority athletics leaders. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Reversing a trend toward more diversity in athletics, the hiring of women and minorities as athletics administrators has decreased since 2001, according to a 2003 study. Although the 2001 Racial and Gender Report Card showed the best...

Women administrators continue to advance. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... * Dr. Judith Bailey, president of Northern Michigan University, will move to the presidency of Western Michigan University. * Dr. Barbara B. Dixon, provost and VP of academic affairs at SUNY-Geneseo, will become president of Truman State...

Conference supports single moms on campus. (Newswatch).(Calendar)
June 1, 2003... Long ignored on most campuses, single mothers will be the topic of a conference at Wilson College PA on June 29-30. Topics include shaping public policy for educating single parents, effective program models, strategies to create child-friendly...

Sorority reduces alcohol abuse by changing the culture.
June 1, 2003... The presence of women at a campus event used to be a moderating influence on male drinking. But that's no longer the case. Now women drink right alongside men, and are creating the same problems as their male peers. Together, a group of...

How to educate your student athletes on Title IX.
June 1, 2003... We seem to be losing the history of Title IX on college campuses," said Denise O'Grady, assistant athletics director at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). "No one knows of the battles we've fought. The young coaches and...

Overmanaged? Underled? How to develop good leaders.
June 1, 2003... In television shows and movies of that era, women of the 1950s were usually homemakers and housekeepers. Little wonder that when women first came to academic administration, many took on those traditional roles. Linda McCann, a leadership...

Guide students toward finding their own voice.
June 1, 2003... College graduates enter a life of ambiguity, diversity, complexity and rapid change. What can help them? Dr. Marcia Baxter Magolda, professor of educational leadership at Miami University in Oxford OH, conducted a longitudinal study that...

The courage to lead: black women administrators speak; Part I of III. (In Her Own Words).(social and political aspects of school administration)
June 1, 2003... Ed. note: This first of a three-part series on black women in the academy is about administrators at HBC Us. Part II and III deal with faculty and with non-faculty administrators at white schools. By Dr. Gaetane Jean-Marie, assistant...

'Reflective pauses' can bring new wisdom, strength.
June 1, 2003... In November 1999, Kathleen Allen and Kathryn Goddard assembled a handpicked group of innovative campus leaders to find out the latest effective practice in student affairs. They learned afterward that the "gifted practitioners" who brought...

Attracting young women to careers in science, technology, engineering, math. (In Her Own Words).
June 1, 2003... By Courtney Reed Jenkins, JD, consultant Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Ed. note: Jenkins presented information on STEM programs at the University of Wisconsin Women's Studies conference in Madison WI in November 2002. ...

Summertime, and the livin' is... frantic! (The Last Laugh).
June 1, 2003... When we were shorter, summertime was the metaphor for fun. It brought visions of sun-filled, long, dreamy days filled with nothing but great things. There were hours and hours to do whatever we wanted: swim, play ball, climb trees, ride bikes....