Women in Higher Education articles from March 2007

Women in Higher Education archives from March 2007

Harvard's new president reflects feminist values.
March 1, 2007... Hold the presses! Harvard's historic selection last month of Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust as its first female president in the school's 371-year history has rocked the campus and the world. As dean of its Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study since...

NSF urges better teaching of science, math.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2007... The United States needs to do better at teaching science and math, and the academy needs to play a key role in that quest, according to the Commission on 21st Century Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in a draft...

Increase in Pell Grants to ease student debt.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2007... After some disagreements and setbacks, Congress recently agreed to raise the maximum Pell Grant award by $260 and President Bush is expected to sign it into law soon. The maximum Pell Grant will rise 6% to $4,310, in the 2008 budget. It...

Guinier calls Proposal 2 'temporary setback' to making education accessible to all.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2007... Michigan voters' recent passage of Proposal 2 outlawing the use of race and gender in college admissions is a setback for those seeking Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream, but it's only temporary, according to Harvard legal professor and civil...

Knight group to study gender equity, recruiting in athletics programs.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2007... Recruiting and gender-equity problems in college sports were big agenda items at a recent meeting of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. With the use of the Internet and text messaging, potential college athletic...

Virginia State to pay $600,000 for firing prof.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2007... Virginia State University will pay a $600,000 settlement to a tenured female professor whom it fired in 2005. Jean Cobbs had taught sociology and social work at the school for 33 years. She said that she was dismissed because of her...

Penn State settles after prof's sexual assault.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2007... The University of Pennsylvania and a former professor have settled lawsuits filed by a graduate student for an alleged sexual assault in 2002. Former professor and brain injury researcher Tracy McIntosh was charged in the 2002 incident...

Christian school fires transgendered prof.(NEWSWATCH)(Spring Arbor University's John Nemecek)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... Christian-based Spring Arbor University in Michigan is firing a transgendered professor effective June 1, 2007 for changing genders. It's associated with the free Methodists. John Nemecek, associate dean of adult students, started appearing...

Ex-USC star prof gets 14 years in prison for molesting colleague's daughter.(NEWSWATCH)(University of Southern California's William French Anderson)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... A married, former USC professor and star geneticist was sentenced to 14 years in prison and a $68,000 fine recently for molesting the daughter of a colleague. William French Anderson, 70, was initially the girl's tae-kwon-do mentor when...

Scholars plan to study college sports.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2007... At a time when Congress is considering whether college athletics is really a big business masquerading as a legitimate educational endeavor, 13 scholars from a variety of fields have agreed to study college sports. The group recently...

Football players accused of ethnic attack.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2007... At least five football players at Guilford College NC have been accused of attacking three Palestinian students with feet, fists and brass knuckles at the Quaker school. The football players allegedly called them "terrorists" and used...

MIT prof's hunger strike over tenure denial coincides with its study on minority faculty.(NEWSWATCH)(Massachusetts Institute of Technology's James Sherley)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... A black Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who was denied tenure began a hunger strike on February 6, just days after the school said it will formally examine its treatment of minority faculty members. James Sherley, a stem...

Yale considers tenure reform, finally.(NEWSWATCH)(Yale University)
March 1, 2007... After a year of study, a special panel at Yale University CT released its recommendations on tenure policies at the school. Only Harvard University MA has a more convoluted system of tenuring junior professors. One of the most significant...

Whistle-blower sues over research fraud.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2007... A registered nurse who questioned the research practices of a colleague at Memorial University of Newfoundland has sued the school for how it handled her complaints. Nancy Harvey alleges that in 1993 she gave evidence that the research by...

Ex-Penn State basketball star player settles after dismissal from team as a lesbian.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2007... A former Penn State women's basketball player has agreed to settle a lawsuit that she filed against the school and two of its employees. Details are confidential. Jennifer Harris claimed she was dismissed from the team in 2005 due to her...

Ohio University blames Title IX for its choice to drop four varsity sports.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2007... Ohio University is dropping three men's varsity sports and one women's, supposedly to comply with Title IX. Men's swimming and diving, men's indoor track and field, men's outdoor track and field and women's lacrosse will be cut after this...

National report on hazing.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... * The men's tennis team at Yale University CT allegedly escorted two freshman players dressed in women's underwear into the dining halls, where the two sang "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman." The two allegedly had anti-gay slurs written...

Politics tops student interests in annual HERI survey.(Higher Education Research Institute)
March 1, 2007... Among first-year women, 75% consider themselves to be above average or in the highest 10% in having a drive to achieve. And 58% think their leadership skills are above average. With any luck, many future women leaders will come from this group...

The four Rs of career and life success.(reading, writing and arithmetic)
March 1, 2007... The three Rs taught in elementary school--reading, 'riting and 'rithmetic--form the basis of academic success. But workplace success is predicated on the four Rs, according to Dr. Lillian Ann Farris. These four Rs--roles, rules,...

Leadership lessons from literature and life.
March 1, 2007... Dr. Paul Elsner is a man who "gets it." During more than 20 years as chancellor of the Maricopa Community College District AZ, he encouraged women in leadership. He was there for Dr. Carolyn Desjardins and others who founded the National...

The Theory of Plenty: form strategic partnerships.
March 1, 2007... For those in leadership positions, it can be tempting to put on blinders and focus solely on the duties directly related to your job. But operating as a silo can be isolating and detrimental to your career. Investing your energy in forming...

What to do if sisterhood turns nasty.
March 1, 2007... Women bully women. It happens often enough to burn out some careers. Speaking at the University of Nebraska's Women in Educational Leadership conference in Lincoln in October, Dr. Mary Culver said aggression by other women discourages women...

How to motivate your school's compliance with Title IX.
March 1, 2007... Despite nine legal challenges, Title IX is here to stay. You'd think that after more than 30 years in existence, compliance with the 1972 law would be a slam dunk at all schools. Not so. Many higher education institutions are either just...

Lori Berquam.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Lori Berquam, interim dean of students at the University of Wisconsin in Madison since 2005, becomes the permanent dean of students.

Dr. Jocelyn Briddell.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Jocelyn Briddell has become dean of student life at Connecticut College. She was dean of student life at the all-women's Douglass College at Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey.

Kristin Cohen.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Kristin Cohen, dean of admissions and enrollment management at Long Island University at Brooklyn, moves to VP for enrollment management at Bloomfield College NJ.

Dr. Deborah Curtis.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Deborah Curtis, interim dean of the college of education at Illinois State University, becomes dean.

Dr. Ruby Evans.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Ruby Evans becomes vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Shreveport LA. She has been an associate professor of educational research, technology and leadership at the University of Central Florida, and was interim...

Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Drew Gilpin Faust, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University MA since 2001, will become president of Harvard on July 1.

Dr. Susan H. Fuhrman.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Susan H. Fuhrman, dean of the graduate school of education at the University of Pennsylvania, becomes president of Teachers College at Columbia University NYC.

Deborah Frazier.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Deborah Frazier, vice chancellor of learning and student services at the University of Arkansas community college at Batesville, moves to interim chancellor.

Dr. Reginetta Haboucha.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Reginetta Haboucha, acting associate VP for academic affairs at the Fashion Institute of Technology, becomes VP for academic affairs.

Carrie Hightman.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Carrie Hightman, former president of AT & T Illinois and its predecessor company SBC, becomes chair of the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

Dr. Carolyn Hodges.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Carolyn Hodges, associate dean for academic personnel in arts and sciences at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, becomes dean of the graduate school.

Carol Hoffman.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Carol Hoffman, director of the work/life office at the University of California at Berkeley, moves back home to New York City to become associate provost and direct its new work/life office at Columbia University.

Dr. Elizabeth Hoppe.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Elizabeth Hoppe, associate dean of academic affairs at New England College of Optometry MA, becomes dean of the College of Optometry at Western University of Health Sciences CA.

Mary Janis.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Mary Janis, director of the Center for Workforce Development at Maricopa County Community College district, becomes interim president of the Desert Vista campus of Pima Community College AZ.

Dr. Susan Koch.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Susan Koch, dean of the graduate school and associate provost at the University of Northern Iowa, will become provost and VP for academic affairs at Northern Michigan University in Marquette MI.

Dr. Barbara O. Korner.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Barbara O. Korner, associate dean of academic and student affairs at the University of Florida, becomes dean of the college of arts and architecture at Pennsylvania State University at University Park.

Dr. Susan Kress.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Susan Kress, professor of English literature at Skidmore College NY, becomes VP for academic affairs.

Dr. Adena Williams Loston.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Adena Williams Loston, director of education at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center on Wallops Island VA, becomes president of St. Phillips College TX. She has held many faculty and administrative posts in higher education, including...

Dr. Paula Lutz.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Paula Lutz, dean of the college of arts and sciences at the University of Missouri at Rolla, becomes dean of the college of letters and sciences at Montana State University at Bozeman.

Dr. Elaine Maimon.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Elaine Maimon, chancellor of the University of Alaska at Anchorage, becomes president of Governor's State University IL.

Dr. Dianne Mark.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Dianne Mark, associate dean of the college of education and human services at Central Michigan University, moves to academic dean at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Vanessa Smith Morest.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Vanessa Smith Morest, assistant director of the Community College Research Center at Teachers College at Columbia University NYC, becomes dean of institutional effectiveness at Norwalk Community College CT.

Dr. Mary Oling-Sisay.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Mary Oling-Sisay becomes VP for student life at St. Norbert College WI. She has been director of special projects and student judicial affairs in the office of the VP for student affairs at California State University Chico.

Dr. Sandra J. Peart.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Sandra J. Peart, professor of economics at Baldwin-Wallace College OH, becomes dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond VA.

Dr. Linda Peterson.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Linda Peterson, interim provost since August, becomes provost at Barry University FL, where she has worked for 26 years as a professor of psychology, chair of the faculty senate and dean.

Karen Reed.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Karen Reed, dean of the assistance center at DeVry University OH, moves to dean of the school of business and information technology at Owens Community College OH.

Dr. Donna Rapaccioli.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Donna Rapaccioli, interim dean of the college of business management at Fordham University NY, becomes dean.

Dr. Jean Robillard.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Jean Robillard, dean of the college of medicine at the University of Iowa, becomes VP for medical affairs.

Catherine Spinelli.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Catherine Spinelli, former director of development for Choate Rosemary Hall, a private secondary school in Connecticut, becomes VP for advancement at the University of New Haven CT.

Renee Tonioni.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Renee Tonioni, teaching, learning and technology manager at Waubonsee Community College IL, becomes dean of distance learning and instructional technology.

Dr. C. Megan Urry.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. C. Megan Urry has become chair of the physics department at Yale University CT, the first women to hold the post. She came to Yale in 2002 as the first tenured women in the department.

Dr. Marianne Vakalis.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Marianne Vakalis, dean of academic affairs at Berkeley College's NYC campus, becomes VP for academic affairs at Berkeley College NJ.

Dr. Beverly J. Warren.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Beverly J. Warren, interim dean of the school of education and associate dean of faculty affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University, becomes dean.

Dr. Anna Weitz.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2007... Dr. Anna Weitz, president of Pennsylvania Highlands Community College, becomes president of Reading Area Community College PA on June 1.

Why we can't find balance in work/life.
March 1, 2007... Life balance is a goal for most people, so why is it so hard to find? For answers, read the new book by Dr. Robert W. Drago, Striking a Balance: Work, Family, Life (Dollars & Sense 2007, paperback $18.95). He relates lack of balance to gaps in...

Learn the lessons of creativity from the master artists.
March 1, 2007... Have you ever been ordered to do something you didn't want to do, by a parent, a teacher, a boss or an organization? Even if you didn't want to do it, you knew you had to. When that order comes, do you rush through it just to get it done or do...

All in all, I'd best be at the conference.(THE LAST LAUGH)
March 1, 2007... Women are constantly challenged to choose between work and family: when to stay late, when to schedule doctor appointments, when to grab five minutes of solitude. We've been covering work/family issues since the very first issue of WIHE in...