Women in Higher Education articles from June 2012

Women in Higher Education archives from June 2012

Title IX Is 40 Years Old: Why Aren't We There Yet?
June 1, 2012... Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits 1 sex discrimination in any educational program that gets financial assistance from the U.S. government. Dr. Bernice "Bunny" Sandler, known as the godmother of Title IX, called it "the most...

Obama Celebrates Women Graduates
June 1, 2012... "I believe that the women of this generation--all of you--will lead the way," President Barack Obama told the 594 graduates in the Class of 2012, at the historic all-female Barnard College NY. "Reach high and hope deeply" to change the world."...

Feds Signal Tougher Title IX Enforcement: Cases at U of Montana, Butler U, Roxbury CC
June 1, 2012... The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Department of Justice (DOD are stepping up their enforcement of Title IX by investigations at three college campuses. * The U.S. Department of Justice is leading...

FAMU Hazing Update: 13 Face Criminal Charges, Band Director Suddenly Retires
June 1, 2012... Thirteen band members allegedly involved in the hazing death of a Florida A&M University drum major on a road trip last fall now face criminal charges. Authorities said band members mercilessly beat Robert Champion to death in what might...

Women Presidents Are Twice as Committed to Lead in Pledging to Fight Poverty
June 1, 2012... When a college president asked fellow leaders to step up to help fight poverty, women presidents answered the call. Reverend Ann Svennungsen was president of Texas Lutheran University when she decided that she and other college presidents...

Pay Presidential Spouse? Iowa Wonders
June 1, 2012... The University of Iowa's president Sally Mason and her husband, Ken Mason, are in the spotlight since the media reported that Ken Mason receives about $54,000 a year to attend fundraising events for the school. The president of the Board of...

U of C: 50 Changes to Response to Protest
June 1, 2012... The University of California released a draft of a report recently that has 50 recommendations on how campuses should respond to protests and civil disobedience. The report follows the incident at UC-Davis last fall in which campus police...

MLB Seeks to Buy into College Baseball
June 1, 2012... Major League Baseball wants to play a bigger role in college baseball and is willing to foot part of the bill, under a potential partnership with the NCAA. University of Hartford President Walter Harrison, the NCAA's point person in the...

EEOC Extends Job Protection to Transgenders
June 1, 2012... An employer who discriminates based on a person's gender identity is violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, according to a recent opinion issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). It extends employment...

NC Ban on Same-Sex Unions Affects Campus?
June 1, 2012... With the state legislature's recent passage of a constitutional amendment barring recognition of same-sex marriages, domestic partnerships or civil unions, college campuses in North Carolina are scrambling to figure out how the decision will...

Notre Dame Faculty Denounce Bishop
June 1, 2012... More than 130 faculty members at the University of Notre Dame IN signed a letter denouncing a bishop's controversial remarks. The Illinois bishop, Daniel Jenky, is also on the school's Board of Fellows. In an April homily, Jenky compared...

Lawsuit Seeks End to Tolerance for Rape, Sex Assaults at U.S. Military Academies
June 1, 2012... Two ex-students at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland are suing to change attitudes about sexual assault at military academies. The women claim they were raped by classmates and had to leave the...

Online Help for Students' Emotional Health
June 1, 2012... The Jed Foundation, a national organization working to prevent suicide and promote emotional health among college students, is relaunching a Web site to help address the needs of young adults with emotional issues. Ulifeline.org provides...

Trustees Try to Block Plan to Admit Women
June 1, 2012... Two trustees at the all-male Deep Springs College CA asked a judge to halt plans to admit women starting in 2013. It is a tuition-free, two-year college with 28 students, many of whom transfer to Ivy League universities. It combines learning the...

Spirituality Supports Student Leadership Development
June 1, 2012... Leadership development programs during college can help students build on their potential to help make the world a better place. Authentic, socially responsible leadership requires self-understanding and reflection on questions of meaning and...

Sororities' Use of Ritual Can Benefit College Women
June 1, 2012... With the bad rap that the Greek system often gets on campus, it's easy to forget the positive aspects of sorority life for young women. But sororities are prominent outlets for young women's involvement on campus, which is seen as a key factor...

Institute Helps Faculty Learn How to Teach Online
June 1, 2012... Two axioms: It's easier to catch flies with honey rather Two with vinegar. You get more of what you reward. So if you want your faculty to teach more courses online, you have to give them reasons to do so by helping them to enjoy it and by...

Sexual Harassment Violates a Student's Civil Rights
June 1, 2012... One of five women students on your campus will undergo rape or attempted rape during her time in college. So will about 6% of undergraduate men. Some 5.4 million college students say that they've faced sexual harassment. This is serious...

Mindmap Your Way to Innovative Solutions
June 1, 2012... Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. But in this text-rich world, the value of images is often forgotten. "There's an increasingly rapid and profound transition to use words instead of pictures as we grow older," said Kathryn Deiss....

With an 'S' on My Chest: The Reality of Being a Superwoman
June 1, 2012... The lyrics in Alicia Keys' hit song "Superwoman" tell of the transformation that women make even when they are fired and overworked. No matter what her burdens, the woman needs to find the strength to become what society expects of her. She has...

Georgian Court U. to Admit Men Undergrads
June 1, 2012... For the first time in its 113-year history, Georgian Court University NJ will admit men as undergraduates. After a lengthy debate among students, faculty, administrators and alumnae, they decided that the founding nuns would agree that it's...

Pro-Choice Religious Group Expands Agenda
June 1, 2012... The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice has a new mission in response to the changing political climate. The country's leading pro-choice religious lobby is focusing on a more health-justice agenda and building a grass-roots movement....

The Art of Signifying Intention
June 1, 2012... It was my sister who introduced me to the concept of signifying intention as a positive strategy to avoid social condemnation. Her version is to leave a vacuum cleaner upright in a room, as if it's ready for action, in a place that obviously...