Women in Higher Education articles from June 2010

Women in Higher Education archives from June 2010

Campus change agents need to beat 3 barriers to buy-in.
June 1, 2010... It's agreed that higher education needs to change. The real challenge is what to do and how to do it. For example, family-friendly policies need support from the top down; if the president isn't behind them, nothing much will happen. They...

Obama picks Elena Kagan for Supreme Court.(NEWSWATCH)(Barack Obama)(Brief article)
June 1, 2010... President Barack Obama has nominated Elena Kagan as the next justice on the Supreme Court, which would bring the number of women on the court to three. The first female dean of Harvard University's law school, Kagan is a well-regarded lawyer,...

Archbishop forces Marquette U to dump lesbian scholar after extending job offer.(NEWSWATCH)
June 1, 2010... Marquette University WI withdrew an accepted job offer to a lesbian professor after Milwaukee's archbishop expressed his concerns about the appointment to Marquette's president. While a Marquette spokeswoman said only university officials...

Archbishop vetoes gay marriage class.(NEWSWATCH)
June 1, 2010... In another case of an archbishop weighing in on campus life, Seton Hall University NJ is considering canceling a class on gay marriage after the local archbishop said it would conflict with church teachings. Archbishop John Myers is chair of...

U of Washington prez to head the NCAA.(NEWSWATCH)(University of Washington's Mark Emmert in National Collegiate Athletic Association)(Brief article)
June 1, 2010... The NCAA has chosen Mark Emmert, president of the University of Washington, as its next chief executive. He will begin his five-year contract on November 1. As the second university president to lead the NCAA, he follows former Indiana...

'Smoking gun' details departure of Cheryl Norton as prez of Southern Connecticut State.(NEWSWATCH)(David G. Carter)(Brief article)
June 1, 2010... In December 2009 President Cheryl Norton resigned with little explanation after nearly six years as its first female president, saying it was for "personal and professional" reasons. Now the rest of the story comes out. A letter from system...

U.S. census confirms women's better education but lower pay than men.(NEWSWATCH)
June 1, 2010... About 1.2 million more women than men have undergrad degrees now, but women are still behind in pay, according to 2009 census data. Women are on track this year to pass men again in total advanced degrees, but remain underrepresented in the...

Male lacrosse player accused of killing female player at U of Virginia.(NEWSWATCH)
June 1, 2010... A University of Virginia men's lacrosse player has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a member of the women's lacrosse team. George Huguely III allegedly kicked through the locked bedroom door of Yeardley Love early on May...

How can schools reduce sexual assaults?(NEWSWATCH)
June 1, 2010... In the wake of campus violence such as that at the University of Virginia, school leaders should examine what they can do to help reduce sexual assaults. Colleges should beef up their relationships with local police departments. That means...

5 female students stop stabbing attack.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2010... Five female students restrained a man who rammed another student's vehicle and stabbed her at Maine's Husson University. The women grabbed Horst Wolk, who was holding a knife, wrestled him to the ground and held him until police arrived....

Online surveys banned under Title IX.(NEWSWATCH)
June 1, 2010... Schools may no longer use online student surveys supposedly showing women lack interest in new sports to comply with Title IX, according to a decision by the Department of Education. Top officials including Vice President Joe Biden and Education...

Virginia Union stonewalls Title IX inquiry.(NEWSWATCH)
June 1, 2010... As the number of women seeking college admission increases, critics believe schools are biasing their admissions toward men, discriminating against women. The U.S. Commission for Civil Rights is sampling 19 colleges within 100 miles of...

Ex-prof sues Columbia College Chicago for $15 million for dismissal, defamation.(NEWSWATCH)
June 1, 2010... An internationally recognized chemist with dozens of national and international awards is suing Columbia College Chicago for $15 million over her dismissal last October, further reducing the number of women in the STEM fields. Dr. Zafra...

Colorado biochemists win $7.8 million grant.(NEWSWATCH)(Jennifer Nyborg, Laurie Stargell and Karolin Luger)(Brief article)
June 1, 2010... The National Institutes of Health awarded three female Colorado State biochemistry professors a $7.8 million grant. Dr. Jennifer Nyborg, Dr. Laurie Stargell and Dr. Karolin Luger received the five-year grant to study how chromosomes untangle...

Students target female, inexperienced profs.(NEWSWATCH)
June 1, 2010... Professors who are female, young and inexperienced are most likely to encounter rude and disrespectful students, according to a new study from the University of Redlands. Three researchers at the university surveyed 339 faculty members online...

UC to pilot online education focus.(NEWSWATCH)
June 1, 2010... The University of California wants to expand its online educational offerings in an attempt to provide for-credit options to more students. The school hopes its efforts will help ease a serious financial crisis and serve more students. While...

Dept of education to ease transfer restrictions.(NEWSWATCH)
June 1, 2010... Responding to the request of higher ed experts, Education Secretary Arne Duncan wants to end restrictive policies that make it difficult for students to transfer credits from one school to another. Most students attend more than one college for...

Harassment by campus policeman to cost Lafayette College $1 million.(NEWSWATCH)
June 1, 2010... Lafayette College PA will pay $1 million to settle a harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that accused a campus police officer of groping female employees. The EEOC filed the suit on behalf of five...

UM-Farmington student leads topless downtown March for gender equity.(NEWSWATCH)
June 1, 2010... A student at the University of Maine at Farmington student recently organized a topless march for gender equity. About two dozen women and men walked topless through downtown for the right for women to go shirtless in public. Andrea Simoneau...

Coming out may cost ROTC lesbian $80,000.(NEWSWATCH)
June 1, 2010... Facing a decision over whether to lie to the Army or lie to herself, Sara Isaacson chose to come out as a lesbian as a matter of honesty and integrity. But her decision may cost her $80,000, the value of seven semesters of her full-ride...

Wild behavior off campus leads to bans for two sororities at Miami of Ohio U.(NEWSWATCH)(Miami University of Ohio)(Brief article)
June 1, 2010... Miami University of Ohio suspended two sororities recently due to bad behavior at off-campus events. According to the owner of the Lake Lyndsay Lodge, members of the Pi Beta Fraternity for Women and their guests broke a concrete lion, flipped...

Ok for students to pray for ailing prof.(NEWSWATCH)(Peralta Community College)(Brief article)
June 1, 2010... The Peralta Community College District CA has settled a lawsuit over punishing two female students who were threatened with suspension for praying on campus. The school must pay $90,000 in legal fess to students Kandy Kyriacou and Ojoma Omaga...

UT wants to suspend 60-year-old student.(NEWSWATCH)(University of Tennessee's Suzanne Glen)(Brief article)
June 1, 2010... Because of a reckless driving conviction last year in Alabama, the University of Tennessee wants to indefinitely suspend a 60-year-old female student. Suzanne Glen expected to graduate on May 14, but the UT assistant general counsel wants to...

At age 94, great grandma graduates at Mills.(NEWSWATCH)(Mills College's Hazel Soares)(Brief article)
June 1, 2010... "It's taken me quite a long time because I've had a busy life," said Hazel Soares, but she finally got a college degree last month at Mills College CA. Born in Richmond CA in 1915, she wanted to go to college after high school, but that was...

Manage campus change before it manages you.
June 1, 2010... Higher education, that bastion of careful consideration, is under siege. The cause? Fast-moving change. There's the recent economic collapse, the challenges of changing demographics and emerging technology, even glorious traditions that may...

Sexual assault: a matter of civil rights and Title IX.
June 1, 2010... Student-on-student sexual assault challenges colleges to formulate a response. Is the school acting in loco parentis? Is it involved whether or not the event occurs on campus? Does the offense fall under the code of conduct or is it a matter for...

Help black college women reconcile hip-hop's misogyny.
June 1, 2010... Hip-hop music has a huge presence on college campuses. It's played in dorm rooms, at parties, at college events and even studied in classes. Yet the music can be very demeaning women, especially black women. What are its effects, and how can...

Here's to more time with girlfriends!
June 1, 2010... I just finished taking an evening class at Stanford University. The last lecture was on the mind-body connection--the relationship between stress and disease. The speaker, who was head of psychiatry at Stanford, said that one of the best things...

Build relationships to save the cost of employee attrition.
June 1, 2010... It costs $3,500 to replace one employee making $8 an hour, according to estimates from the Society for Human Resource Management. That figure includes the costs of recruiting, interviewing, hiring and training as well as reduced productivity in...

Women on the move.
June 1, 2010... * Dr. Noma Bennett Anderson moves from professor in the department of communication sciences and disorders at Florida International University to dean of the college of allied heath sciences at the University of Tennessee's health science...

Build a personal leadership brand to advance your career.(IN HER OWN WORDS)
June 1, 2010... Today many women climb the career ladder at their own pace and to the level they choose. Despite so many breaks in the glass ceiling, some women in the work place who have the desire and capacity to advance feel stuck in their careers and...

It's spring, the season to clean up my life.(THE LAST LAUGH)(Column)
June 1, 2010... Three men who were important in my life have died within less than two years, the intervals between them becoming shorter. In different ways, I miss them all. Despite still being shell-shocked at their passing, I have decided to follow the...