Women in Higher Education articles from March 2003

Women in Higher Education archives from March 2003

Take big career risks, Shalala learned as a rookie.(Dr. Donna Shalala)
March 1, 2003... One of the tendencies keeping women from ruling the world (or at least the academy) is a reluctance to take a job unless they are at least 125% qualified for it. Not so with Dr. Donna Shalala, president of the University of Miami and a...

Briefs flood court on Michigan cases. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Supporters of the University of Michigan's race-conscious admission plans filed more than 60 briefs with the Supreme Court on the two upcoming affirmative action cases this month. They came from 300 groups including: * More than 50 higher...

Threats to Title IX intensify. (Newswatch).
March 1, 2003... "The Bush administration is conducting a stealth attack on Title IX, and women and girls cannot and must not let them get away with it," warned Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority. Women's group leaders held a press conference...

Education faces tough economic times nationwide, except in Mississippi. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Expect more hiring freezes, salary reductions, tuition increases and reduced enrollments soon, as colleges in states throughout the nation brace for slashed budgets, which may especially harm women. California is one of the hardest hit...

5th Minnesota State College to settle pay bias. (Newswatch).
March 1, 2003... A group of 324 female faculty members at Minnesota State University at Mankato will share $500,000, which the school agreed to pay to settle a class action suit claiming that they were paid less than comparable males. In addition, 38...

Harvard ditches Fonda's gender center. (Newswatch).(Center on Gender and Education)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Blaming its change of heart on the economy, Harvard University MA has officially squelched the $12.5 million Center on Gender and Education that Jane Fonda promised to finance two years ago. It was a great idea gone bad. Actor and activist...

Alverno seeks president from business. (Newswatch).(Averno College in Milwaukee, WI)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... One of the nation's leading Catholic women's colleges supporting feminist educational methods and non-traditional students is seeking a new president who is not "a lifetime academic person," according to a member of its board of directors. ...

Agnes Scott College seeks blood. (Newswatch).(mural planning)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... When officials from Agnes Scott College GA recently contacted a former student from 1969-1970, she thought they were asking for a donation. They were, but this time it was blood, not money. The mural "brought science and the history of...

Women's Center links volunteer groups on jesuit campus.(University of Dayton, Ohio)
March 1, 2003... The traditional role of campus grassroots women's groups is to advocate for change to improve the climate for women. But what happens to them when the school develops a comprehensive, sanctioned, funded Women's Center? That remains to be...

Dust if you must.
March 1, 2003... Dust if you must Dust if you must, but wouldn't it be better To paint a picture or write a letter, Bake a cake or plant a seed. Ponder the difference between want and need? Dust if you must, but there's not much time, With...

How leaders can plan for success in uncertain times.
March 1, 2003... What skills are needed to be successful in today's academy? How can female leaders enhance them? Let's ask Patricia Lowrie, director of the Women's Resource Center and assistant dean for affirmative action in the college of veterinary...

Course helps future educational administrators learn ethics.
March 1, 2003... A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner. (From the ISLLC Standards for School Leaders.) Who in education could argue with that...

Why business grads haven't learned ethics.
March 1, 2003... Three female whistle-blowers graced the cover of Time Magazine (December 20) as 2002's "Persons of the Year." Cynthia Cooper, Sherron Watkins and Coleen Rowley risked their careers to reveal mistakes and worse at WorldCom, Enron and the FBI....

How to be successful as the second banana.
March 1, 2003... Comedians often leverage the power of the secondary role to get laughs, like Tommy Smothers did while playing the naive one compared with his brother Dick. But being a second banana in higher education is no laughing matter. Whether you...

Black community college faculty seek a place at the table. (In Her Own Words).
March 1, 2003... By Dr. Sylanda Foster-Williamson, business technology instructor, Rockingham Community College NC Some segment of the population always seems to be denied the fruit of America in its most succulent form. Such has been the experience of...

California program for women of color.
March 1, 2003... A new program held in February at the University of California Berkeley focused on helping women of color overcome the special challenges they face in the academy. "Strengthening Our Place in the Academy" was a summit for women senior...

When women scientists move into Leadership.(Interview)
March 1, 2003... You've been hard at work in the laboratory and the classroom, and now you might become department chair or dean. What costs and rewards do you need to weigh? Can you later return to teaching and research, or does administration lock that door?...

Activism crosses boundaries of higher education. (In Her Own Words).
March 1, 2003... By Sue Thomas, PhD, senior policy researcher Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation Many of us who have studied and worked in higher education will not remain there forever. As we move out into the world, it's important to take with...

Stop the world, I want to reflect. (The Last Laugh).
March 1, 2003... Last month I congratulated myself for being strategic. I had arranged to spend 48 hours in Washington DC attending a gathering of state coordinators for the Office of Women in Higher Education (OWHE), a part of the national American Council on...