Women in Higher Education articles from March 2008

Women in Higher Education archives from March 2008

Learning to become fearless in today's world.(Arianna Huffington)(Interview)
March 1, 2008... If women are to achieve success--in higher education, politics, business or just plain life--we need to become fearless. That's the message from Arianna Huffington, the media and political dynamo who just published her 11th book, On Becoming...

ACE study seeks to diversify presidents.(NEWSWATCH)(Report)
March 1, 2008... Despite efforts to diversify college presidential appointments, the percentage of presidents from underrepresented groups has grown only 5% from 1986 to 2006, according to a study by the American Council on Education. "This study suggests...

NCAA to pay $228 million for male athletes.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2008... The NCAA agreed to reallocate $228 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed by four former football and men's basketball players in 2006. Their suit argued that restricting scholarships to tuition, books, housing and meals is an...

'Presidential whip' can increase diversity.(NEWSWATCH)(presidential leadership)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... College presidents can raise the bar for diversity in athletics, panelists noted at the 2008 NCAA convention. "Leadership matters, and presidential leadership in choosing the athletic leadership can make the difference," said University of...

Students help shape presidential election.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2008... Students are playing a key role in this year's presidential election, with a high turnout for Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses. Youth turnout tripled in Georgia, Missouri and Oklahoma and doubled in Massachusetts compared with 2000...

NY court rules for lesbian health benefits.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2008... New York's Monroe Community College engaged in discrimination when it denied health benefits to an employee's same-sex spouse, according to a recent ruling from a New York appellate court. The court said that the school violated New York's...

Judge cuts Fresno's payout to $6.6 million.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2008... A Fresno County judge reduced Stacy Johnson-Klein's $19.1 million judgment to $6.62 million in her sex discrimination case against Fresno State. Judge Donald Black had ordered a new trial unless the school's former women's basketball coach...

Women librarians seek gender equity.(NEWSWATCH)(Conference notes)
March 1, 2008... The American Library Association's (ALA) Committee on Status of Women in Librarianship wants the ALA to practice more gender equity in their selection of conference speakers and their policies for listing salaries in job ads. The group...

Sloan grants to help academic women.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2008... Six more universities have received $200,000 grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to find ways to make faculty careers more family-friendly, especially for women. Concerned that women are struggling with careers in academia, the...

Grad asst sues Hofstra U for harassment.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2008... A former athletics manager at Hofstra University NY has filed a federal lawsuit against the school, claiming that football players sexually harassed her. Lauren Summa, a 23-year-old grad student, said she was dropped from the team's staff...

MBA programs adjust to attract women.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2008... A growing number of MBA programs are now admitting students straight from undergrad, hoping to attract more women and minority students. Requiring several years of work experience before entering an MBA program became common in the 1980s...

U of Georgia Profs accused of misbehavior.(NEWSWATCH)(William Bender and Shawn Holaway)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Two University of Georgia Professors are in hot water for behaving badly with students--one is accused of sexual harassment and one of beating a student. For almost two decades William Bender, a special education and communications...

Rutgers settles with 3 students over prof.(NEWSWATCH)(Rutgers University professor William Powers' plagiarism case)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... After almost a decade, Rutgers University NJ has settled a lawsuit filed by three former grad students who said a professor tried to destroy their careers. They claimed anthropology professor William Powers tried to destroy their...

Canadian college seeks policy on prof sex.(NEWSWATCH)(Lethbridge College)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... An Alberta college is creating a policy banning student-teacher relationships in response to an order to reinstate an instructor who admitted to having sex with three of his students. Greg Bird, a psychology teacher, was fired by Lethbridge...

NCAA panel offers tips to support gays.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2008... More than 250 athletics leaders attended a panel on inclusion of LGBT student athletes at the 2008 NCAA convention. They discussed why coaches and ADs need to start talking about sexual orientation in the locker room and how to do so....

Osher Foundation funds adult students.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2008... Financial aid for students over 25 is usually scarce on college campuses, but the Bernard Osher Foundation offers many scholarships to returning adult students. The Osher Reentry Scholarship Program is active in 59 universities in 24...

Harassment suit OK against Tenn. state prez.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2008... A woman claiming that Middle Tennessee State University President Sidney McPhee sexually harassed her may proceed with her lawsuit, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled recently. In 2003 McPhee's former administrative assistant, Tammie Allen,...

Southern U gives laptops to top 50 frosh.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2008... Wondering how to inspire smart but poor students? Southern University LA recently gave laptops to 50 Honors College freshmen. "Unlike many universities where students bring their own computers, we still have a number of first-generation,...

Rutgers grad internships boost women.(NEWSWATCH)
March 1, 2008... Rutgers University's Camden campus has been working for almost 20 years to encourage women and minorities to attend grad school. In 1990 Dr. Gloria Bonilla-Santiago established the Latino Fellows Public Policy Leadership Institute with a...

First-year students shop for value in choosing a school.
March 1, 2008... Academic quality and affordability were the major issues this year occupying student interests--more so than in the last 35 years--according to an annual fall survey of more than 270,000 freshmen entering 356 four-year schools. Each year...

Context shapes images of women as leaders.(transformational leadership)
March 1, 2008... Harvard University has its first woman president. Congress has its first woman Speaker of the House. As of this writing, a woman is a strong contender to become the first major-party candidate for President of the United States. But...

Maharishi: 'delicate nervous systems' prevent equity.(IN HIS OWN WORDS)(Maharishi Mahesh Yogi)
March 1, 2008... One of the most influential spiritual leaders of the last half-century, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi died on February 5th at his home in the Netherlands at age 91. His obituaries all noted his association with the Beatles and Mia Farrow and his...

Dr. Beatrice Adderley-Kelley.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Beatrice Adderley-Kelley moves from interim to dean of the college of pharmacy, nursing and allied health at Howard University DC.

Dr. Diedre Badejo.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Diedre Badejo moves from associate dean of the college of arts and sciences at Kent State University OH to dean of the college of letters, arts and social sciences at California State University-East Bay.

Dr. Karen Clos Bleeker.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Karen Clos Bleeker moves from VP for academic services at Temple College TX to president of the Community College of Denver CO.

Dr. Paula Carlson.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Paula Carlson, professor of English and director of the Wendt Center for Character Education at the University of Dubuque IA, moves to VP and liaison to the board of regents at St. Olaf College MN.

Dr. Doris Carver.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Doris Carver moves from associate vice chancellor of research and economic development to interim dean of the graduate school at Louisiana State University.

Dr. Kimberly R. Cline.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Kimberly R. Cline moves from vice chancellor and CFO at the SUNY system to president of Mercy College NY on July 1.

Dr. Jamie Comstock.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Jamie Comstock moves from Millikin University IL where she was a professor and VP for academic affairs to Butler University IN, where she will be provost and VP for academic affairs.

Dr. Robbin Crabtree.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Robbin Crabtree moves from professor of communications and director of the office of student learning to dean of the college of arts and sciences at Fairfield University CT.

Nora V. Demleitner.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Nora V. Demleitner moves from interim to dean of the school of law at Hofstra University NY.

Dr. Mariam Dittman.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Mariam Dittman moves from dean of academic affairs at Georgia Perimeter College's Clarkson campus to VP for academic affairs at Bainbridge College GA.

Dr. Margaret L. Drugovich.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Margaret L. Drugovich moves from VP for strategic planning and enrollment at Ohio Wesley an University to president of Hartwick College NY.

Dr. Nancy S. Dye.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Nancy S. Dye, president emerita of Oberlin College OH, becomes the first president and vice-chancellor of the Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh, the first private school for women in the area.

Dr. Louise H. Feroe.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Louise H. Feroe moves from president of Mercy College NY to senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the Connecticut State University system.

Dr. Linda P. Fried.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Linda P. Fried moves from professor of medicine, epidemiology of aging, health policy and nursing and head of the center on aging and health at Johns Hopkins University MD to professor of epidemiology and dean of the Mailman school of...

Dr. Debra Friedman.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Debra Friedman moves from dean of the college of public programs at Arizona State University's downtown Phoenix campus to university VP of the campus.

Shelia K. Gorgonio.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Shelia K. Gorgonio moves from manager of principal gifts and director of presidential development planning at Carnegie Mellon University PA to VP for development and alumni relations at Chatham University PA.

Dr. Jane Rhoades Hudak.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Jane Rhoades Hudak moves from dean of the college of liberal arts and social sciences at Georgia Southern University to provost at Governors State University IL.

Dr. Allyson Hughes Handley.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Allyson Hughes Handley moves from policy advisor at the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education to president of the University of Maine at Augusta.

Dr. Stacia Haynie.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Stacia Haynie moves from interim dean of the graduate school to vice provost for academic affairs at Louisiana State University.

Dr. Judy ("J.J.") Jackson.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Judy ("J.J.") Jackson moves from dean at Vassar College NY to become the first VP for institutional diversity at the University of Kentucky on July 1.

Dr. Cheri Jimeno.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Cheri Jimeno moves from provost at Montana State University-Northern to president of New Mexico State University at Alamogordo.

Deborah Klenke.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Deborah Klenke moves from education specialist at the Department of Veterans Affairs DC to dean of business and lifelong learning at Cecil College MD.

Dr. Melissa R. Lavitt.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Melissa R. Lavitt moves from interim vice provost for graduate education, research and academic planning at Eastern Washington University to dean of the college of social sciences and public affairs at Boise State University ID.

Dr. Barbara G. Lyman.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Barbara G. Lyman moves from vice provost for academic programs and planning at the University of West Florida to provost and VP for academic affairs at Shippensburg University PA.

Margaret Machon.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Margaret Machon moves from assistant dean of career programs and director of health sciences to dean of career programs at Moraine Valley Community College IL.

Dr. Joanne Masella.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Joanne Masella moves from professor and program chair of nursing at Palm Beach Community College FL to professor and dean of the school of nursing at Palm Beach Atlantic University FL.

Lucinda McDaniel.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Lucinda McDaniel, a lawyer in private practice in Jonesboro AR, becomes general counsel at Arkansas State University.

Rebecca Nickoli.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Rebecca Nickoli moves from associate vice provost for institutional effectiveness and grants administration to VP for workforce and economic development at Ivy Tech State College of Indiana-Central Office.

Dr. Louester A.S. Robinson.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Louester A.S. Robinson moves from dean of community, family and child studies to director of the Palmer campus at Trident Technical College SC.

Suellyn Scarnecchia.(Women on the Move)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Suellyn Scarnecchia moves from dean of the University of New Mexico school of law since 2003 to return to the University of Michigan as VP and general counsel. She was at Michigan from 1987 to 2002 as clinical professor of law, associate dean...

Dr. Linda Gail Schoen.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Linda Gail Schoen moves from assistant executive dean of the college of arts and sciences to dean of graduate and professional studies at Ohio Dominican University.

Dr. Chris Koenig Seguin.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Chris Koenig Seguin moves from chair of the department of art to dean of education at Marygrove College MI.

Janelle Shubert.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Janelle Shubert moves from acting to director of the Center for Women's Leadership at Babson College MA.

Dr. Debora L. Spar.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Debora L. Spar, senior associate dean for faculty research and development and professor of business administration in the school of business at Harvard University MA, becomes president of Barnard College in NYC on July 1.

Frida Strack.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Frida Strack moves from interim to dean of student life at Bethany College KS.

Dr. Robin Steinback.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Robin Steinback moves from dean of the office of instruction at Mt. San Jacinto College CA to VP for academic affairs at Solano Community College CA.

Dr. Roseanne Stripling.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Roseanne Stripling moves from interim to provost and VP for academic affairs at Texas A & M University.

Dr. Terri Swartz.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Terri Swartz moves from interim to dean of the college of business and economics at California State University-East Bay.

Courtney K. Trolinger.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Courtney K. Trolinger moves from assistant vice chancellor of external relations for the agriculture program to VP for government affairs at Texas A & M University at College Station.

Joan Vaughan.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Joan Vaughan moves from principal gift officer at the Mayo Foundation MN to VP for institutional advancement at Governors State University IL.

Dr. Lisa Waits.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Lisa Waits moves from interim to VP for student services at Solano Community College CA.

Dr. Julie Wilson.(Women on the Move)
March 1, 2008... Dr. Julie Wilson moves from executive director of development for the West coast region at the Grameen Foundation to VP for university advancement at California State University-Channel Islands.

Paper dolls and jacks: women presidents look back.(Interview)
March 1, 2008... College presidents of today grew up in long-lost era of unstructured time and imaginative outdoor play. With no electronic games, indoors they turned to books, jacks or dolls. Children in groups tried on roles by playing house, school or...

Learning from women presidents' journeys.(MOVEABLE TYPE)
March 1, 2008... Leadership is needed at every level, in every walk of life. Whether you're considering your own leadership journey or developing other women as leaders, you'll find perspective in Dr. Susan R. Madsen's new book, On Becoming a Woman Leader:...

Tips to provide down-to-earth support for new faculty.
March 1, 2008... After decades as a successful teacher and school administrator, Dr. Linda Searby reverted to rookie status in 2003 when she joined the University of Alabama at Birmingham as an assistant professor in educational leadership. She'd been...

The doctoral advisor as student advocate.
March 1, 2008... "All but dissertation" is so common it has its own acronym: ABD. Nearly half the students who enter doctoral programs drift away without finishing. Dr. Marilyn Grady, professor of educational administration at the University of Nebraska in...

What if Cinderella were a professor?(IN HER OWN WORDS)
March 1, 2008... Known as the "fairy godmother coach to academic women," I'm always looking for lessons in fairy tales to share with clients to help them achieve success. While I watched the Disney classic "Cinderella" recently, it struck me that this version...

Wanted: a saint for all seasons.(THE LAST LAUGH)
March 1, 2008... March is one of those transition months, unreliable for enjoying either summer or winter outdoor activities in my neck of the woods, Madison Wisconsin. The one consistent bright spot is that March always contains St. Patrick's Day, an...