Women in Higher Education articles from June 2004

Women in Higher Education archives from June 2004

Priming the pump: CAOs move to the college presidency.
June 1, 2004... Over the past 25 years, women have created programs, networks and written materials specifically for women who want to lead colleges and universities, to change the culture of higher education. Yet in 2001, only 24% of the new presidents hired...

Why more women students? It's the money.(Newswatch)
June 1, 2004... While administrators are wondering why women have become about 57% of college and university students, a researcher has found a simple reason: higher salaries. Incomes of women with bachelor's degrees were 24% higher than those with only a...

Report rips Colorado administrators for scandals, out-of-control athletics program.(Newswatch)
June 1, 2004... Sex, alcohol and drugs were regularly used to recruit high school football players to the University of Colorado at Boulder. Leaders should have known about it and taken proper action, according to a commission report issued last month that...

Spelman women protest rappers' dissing.(Newswatch)
June 1, 2004... Fed up with stereotyped pop music and hip-hop portrayals exploiting women as sex objects--especially black women--students at Spelman College GA organized to protest a campus charity appearance by rap super-star Nelly scheduled for April. ...

Ex-coach at Washington sues for sex bias.(Newswatch)
June 1, 2004... Charging that she was fired for criticizing the athletics department for failing to provide adequate medical care, Teresa Wilson sued the University of Washington in April for sex bias, wrongful discharge and breach of contract. She had...

First woman will coach men's pro buckets.(Newswatch)
June 1, 2004... Hired by a female co-owner who wants to open doors for women, Ashley McElhiney will be the first female head coach of a men's professional basketball team. She'll coach the Nashville Rhythm, an expansion team in the American Basketball...

Catholic college cuts speaker after Bishop cites her 1997 info on abortion on TV.(Newswatch)
June 1, 2004... In response to a bishop's complaint, the University of Saint Francis IN cancelled its speaker just four days before commencement over her remarks on a 1997 TV news show. Appearing in October 1997 on ABC's Good Morning America, Dr. Nancy...

When your leader is a rapist ...(Newswatch)
June 1, 2004... Plans to overhaul the University of Oregon's seven-campus system hit a snag when the man in charge of the overhaul, former Governor Neil Goldschmidt, resigned after admitted to having sex with a 14-year-old babysitter over nine months in the...

NCAA holds first bowling championship.(Newswatch)
June 1, 2004... After women's bowling has emerged as a varsity sport at 42 NCAA schools this year, eight teams competed at its first championship held in Houston in April. Winning was the University of Nebraska, which also won six of eight bowling...

The prospects for women working in the dean's office.
June 1, 2004... So you've been approached to apply for associate dean. Is it a rung on the ladder from chair to academic dean, provost and president? Or is a byway where you'll learn new skills and make new contacts before escaping sideways and out? Dr....

Judy Fountain.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... * Judy Fountain, director of The Women's Place at Ohio State University, will retire at the end of June. A long-term subscriber to WIHE, she will be missed as a steady source of light and passion supporting women on campus.

Dr. Janet Gullickson.(Women on the Move)(Front Range Community College CO)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... * Dr. Janet Gullickson, consultant to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, will become president of Front Range Community College CO on July 1.

Jeanine Hawk.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... * Jeanine Hawk, former associate dean and head of business services at Rogue Community College OR, will become VP of finance and college services at De Anza College CA.

Dr. Karen Hitchcock.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... * Dr. Karen Hitchcock, president of SUNY at Albany NY, will become the first female and the first American to be principal (the equivalent of president) of Queen's University in Ontario, Canada on July 1. She will also hold a professorship in...

Dr. Gayle Hytrek.(Women on the Move)(Moraine Park Technical College WI )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... * Dr. Gayle Hytrek, VP of academic affairs at the National American University system SD, will become president of Moraine Park Technical College WI on July 1.

Dr. Pamela Jolicoeur.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... * Dr. Pamela Jolicoeur, provost and dean of the faculty at California Lutheran University, will become president of Concordia College-Moorhead MN in July.

Dr. Joann Mitchell.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... * Dr. Joann Mitchell, vice provost for administration at Princeton University NJ, will become VP and chief of staff at the University of Pennsylvania on July 1.

Dr. Trudie Kibbe Reed.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... * Dr. Trudie Kibbe Reed, president of Philander Smith College AR, will become the first female president of Bethune-Cookman College since founder Mary McLeod Bethune on August 16.

Joye Lee-McNelis.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... * Joye Lee-McNelis, who has built a 13-year coaching legacy at The University of Memphis, will return to coach the women's basketball team at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she was a star player and assistant coach. She wavered...

Dr. Pamela Trotman Reid.(Women on the Move)(Roosevelt University IL)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... * Dr. Pamela Trotman Reid, professor of education and psychology at the University of Michigan's Institute for Research on Women and Gender, will become provost and executive VP at Roosevelt University IL.

Dr. Judy R. Rogers.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... * Dr. Judy R. Rogers, VP for leadership and ethics at Georgetown College KY, will become president of Cottey College MO on July 1.

Dr. Jane O'Meara Sanders.(Women on the Move)( Burlington College VT )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... * Dr. Jane O'Meara Sanders, who had been provost and interim president of Goddard College VT, will become president of Burlington College VT on July 1.

Dr. Londa Schiebinger.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... * Dr. Londa Schiebinger, professor of the history of science and co-director of Penn State's Science, Medicine and Technology in Culture program, will become director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Stanford University CA.

Betsy Stephenson.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... * Betsy Stephenson, associate athletics director at UCLA, will become director of athletics and recreation at Emory University GA.

Loretta Ucelli.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... * Loretta Ucelli, who was director of White House communications for President Bill Clinton, will become executive VP for communications and external relations at Columbia University NY.

Women of distinction, as leaders and as mothers.
June 1, 2004... It's no secret that most female academics choose to postpone having children until after earning tenure. Although we've come a long way, many tenure committees believe it's still the baby or the book... and the book is the only one of value....

Adults earning degrees get what they expected--and more.(In Her Own Words)
June 1, 2004... During my 30+ years of working with adult students, I have been intrigued by the personal, non-academic dividends that many adults earn when they achieve an educational goal. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Documenting this phenomenon was a...

Tips from UC on creating a family-friendly campus.
June 1, 2004... With a large number of faculty in the University of California's 10-campus system expected to retire in the next decade, plus a growing enrollment, UC is entering a period of unprecedented tenure track hiring. To recruit and retain the...

Unsnarling values in higher education.
June 1, 2004... Women in higher education are caught in a convoluted tangle of norms and values. They come from cultural expectations about females, academic rituals solidified through centuries of male leadership, and contemporary American language that calls...

Leading teams: a concrete approach for success.
June 1, 2004... Before Title IX, women were systematically excluded from athletics, so they got little experience as team members. Many of today's women leaders must purposefully work at learning how to build, lead and be part of a team. Claudia Curry,...

How to give student athletes a stronger voice on campus.
June 1, 2004... Student athletes are tomorrow's leaders. Student-athlete advisory committees on campus (SAACs) engage students in shaping the rules and policies that govern their lives. Having a voice today helps prepare them to be engaged, active citizens...

Assessing the legacy at age 60.(The Last Laugh)(Editorial)
June 1, 2004... I'll turn 60 this month. It's a great and freeing achievement, and one I fully intend to celebrate aboard my new used sailboat. (Since I don't know how to sail anything larger than a Sunfish, my birthday present to myself may be tied to the...