Women in Higher Education articles from March 2004

Women in Higher Education archives from March 2004

A model for educating women leaders for social justice.
March 1, 2004... Mount Mary College in Milwaukee WI was founded in 1913 by the School Sisters of Notre Dame to educate women to transform the world. The small Catholic women's college links women's leadership to a deep sense of social justice. Now its Women's...

Finally, a real inquiry on Colorado football after three sue for recruit party rapes.(Newswatch)(University of Colorado at Boulder)
March 1, 2004... It must have been a wild party in December 2001, at which football players at the University of Colorado at Boulder tried to impress recruits with advantages of playing with the Buffaloes. Three women have independently sued the school,...

Minority applications drop 23% at Michigan.(Newswatch)(University of Michigan)
March 1, 2004... Total applications to some public schools are dropping because of requirements for essay exams, and applications by minorities are dropping even more. At the University of Michigan, the total number of applicants for the next first-year class...

$400,000 awarded for sex bias at Wisconsin.(Newswatch)(University of Wisconsin, Platteville)
March 1, 2004... A former assistant chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville will receive a $400,000 jury award for sex discrimination by the school. The jury rejected her claim of racial discrimination. Dr. Sharon Walker sued the board of...

Nebraska ranks last in female faculty.(Newswatch)(University of Nebraska, Lincoln)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Maybe it's because Nebraska's dominant football culture devalues women. Or Nebraska's emphasis on agriculture and science. Or a tough old boys' network. For whatever reason, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln ranks dead last among its 10...

Prez fires AD and coach for breaking rules.(Newswatch)(Texas University President Denise Trauth fires football coach Manny Matsakis and athletic director Greg LaFleur)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... In a brave stand putting public ethics over football success, Texas State University President Denise Trauth fired athletics director Greg LaFleur and football coach Manny Matsakis over a dozen rules violations in the football program. ...

Biz schools and CEOs to start ethics institute.(Newswatch)(at University of Virginia's Darden School of Business Administration )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Faced with a tarnished image over corporate scandals such as those at Enron and Worldcom, business schools and corporate leaders will create a new ethics institute housed at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business Administration....

College must reveal campus crime records.(Newswatch)(Mercer University)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Virtually all colleges and universities try to hide or distort their official records of crime, so their campuses seem safe and welcoming for students. But a Georgia judge ruled that Mercer University GA must open its campus crime records to...

Chicago med school honors Rosalind Franklin, first scientist to photograph DNA.(Fitch University of Health Sciences-Chicago Medical School to change name to Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Sciences)
March 1, 2004... Rosalind Franklin lived only 37 years, from 1920-1958, yet her brilliance and dedication as a researcher at Cambridge, Paris and King's College in London led to the first photograph of the "B" form of DNA in 1952. To honor her, and to...

Knight panel considers plan to ban frosh athletes from NCAA competitions.(Knight Commission)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Searching for ways to reform college sports, the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics is considering recommending excluding freshmen from NCAA contests. The plan would give first-year students and community college...

No new prez at Bethune-Cookman College.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... In December 2003 when WIHE reported that Dr. Gloria Bromell-Tinubu, a professor of economics at Spelman College GA, would become the new president of Bethune-Cookman College FL, it seemed like a done deal. Now the deal has unraveled....

Women on the move.(women college administrators)
March 1, 2004... * Dr. Jill Beck, a professor of dance and director of the da Vinci Research Center for Learning Through the Arts at the University of California at Irvine, will become the first female president of Lawrence University WI in its 158-year...

2003 survey finds frosh more politically aware.
March 1, 2004... With the 2004 fall presidential election on the horizon, new college students appear to be more interested in politics than ever before. The 37th annual survey by UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute of 276,449 students at 413 four-year...

How to make diversity (inclusiveness) an asset.
March 1, 2004... While legal processes fine-tune the scope and limits of affirmative action, universities defend diversity goals in terms of fairness and educational value. Hiring and retaining diverse staff and faculty may feel like a constant challenge. ...

Gender and Competition: Different Ways to Work and Play.(Moveable Type)("Gender and Competition: How Men and Women Approach Work and Play Differently" )(Book Review)
March 1, 2004... Ask anybody who has coached both women's and men's teams, and an honest coach will admit there's a big difference. Most can't quite put their fingers on the difference, let alone verbalize it. Kathy DeBoer is an exception, an articulate...

Students act as real leaders to solve real problems.
March 1, 2004... One of the problems of teaching leadership is how to turn the abstract concept into a real life happening, which an instructor has done through a unique course using an experiential learning technique. Instructor Michele Linder teaches a...

Choose the right hammer to smash the glass ceiling.
March 1, 2004... Far fewer women than men rise to the top of educational leadership. Is that because women don't want to or the system's stacked against them? Choosing the right tool to smash the glass ceiling depends on the kind of glass. Bertha Roberts...

The Balancing act of Graduate Students: Work and Family.(In Her Own Words)
March 1, 2004... At the 2004 conference of the Society of Christian Ethics in Chicago, the Women's Caucus discussed issues of work and family balance across the life span of working academics. I was asked to present the graduate student viewpoint. After...

Why the FBI seeks more women as special agents.(In His Own Words)
March 1, 2004... In seeking educated and accomplished professionals to be Special Agents, the FBI has always had difficulty in attracting qualified women. Of 11,649 current Special Agents, only 2,105 or 18% are women. Among the 15,792 FBI support employees,...

Winter in Wisconsin is not for wimps.(The Last Laugh)
March 1, 2004... One of the great things about living in Wisconsin is that weather is a constant source of discussion. When we speak with people on campuses in other parts of the country, they always ask what the weather is like here today. Their reactions...