Women in Higher Education articles from May 2003

Women in Higher Education archives from May 2003

Using spiritual intelligence to lead the way on campus.
May 1, 2003... Spirituality is a growing topic on conference programs as higher education professionals realize that our senses of meaning, value and connection vitally affect our work. The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)...

Two women to lead at Air Force Academy. (Newswatch).
May 1, 2003... Four top officers at the Air Force Academy will be ousted after it became public that at least 56 female cadets reported being raped and then retaliated against there. At least two of their replacements will be women. After the scandal...

Affirmative action takes Center stage. (Newswatch).
May 1, 2003... Having heard oral arguments on whether the social good of a racially diverse student body is worth giving preference to some students in admissions to the University of Michigan and its law school, the U.S. Supreme Court is mulling its options...

AAUP reports female faculty still underpaid. (Newswatch).
May 1, 2003... Although salaries are up 3% over last year, women faculty still earn less than men, according to data from the 2002-2003 annual faculty survey by the American Association of University Professors. Reasons for the discrepancy are in dispute....

Title IX continues to stir debate. (Newswatch).
May 1, 2003... If the Bush administration tries to tinker with Title IX, the 1972 federal law that guarantees females equal access to athletics programs in education, Congress will intervene with new legislation, according to Rep. Louise M. Slaughter,...

NCAA considers plan to push academics. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Embarrassed by the abysmal graduation rates of some athletes, the NCAA is considering a plan to ban some basketball teams from the March playoffs if too many players foul out in the classroom. Other rule changes would link a team's...

RIT campaign reduces sexual assaults. (Newswatch).
May 1, 2003... As most campuses wrestle with programs to reduce the number of sexual assaults on students, in which about 5% of college women are the victims of rape or attempted rape, the Rochester Institute of Technology NY has documented a dramatic...

Football eats too much of the pie at schools. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... As more schools realize that football is just too expensive a sport, many are cutting teams to balance budgets. Fairfield University CT announced it will end its varsity football and men's ice hockey programs this academic year. It joins...

Ex basketball player claims pregnancy bias. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... When former starting center Tara Brady told her coach at Connecticut's Sacred Heart University that she was pregnant at the end of the 2001 season, she said he kicked her off the team for the next year and took away her scholarship. Later...

New Harvard assault policy gets approval. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2003... Last spring Harvard changed its policy on pursuing complaints of sexual assault, requiring "sufficient independent collaboration" including eyewitnesses or physical evidence before the school would investigate. After a student protest of...

Women on the move. (Newswatch).
May 1, 2003... Many women leaders are moving on, including these pioneers whose contributions to changing higher education have enabled followers to build on their successes: * Dr. Nannerl 0. Keohane announced that after 11 years as the first female...

Congressional fellowship on women, policy. (Newswatch).
May 1, 2003... The Women's Research and Educational Institute has fellowships available to train women as potential leaders in public policy and to research issues of importance to women. A fellow works at least 30 hours a week in a Congressional office, and...

Women administrators make steady progress in salaries.
May 1, 2003... During the 2002-03 school year, median salaries for college administrators rose 3.5%, according to the annual survey by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). Although smaller than last year's...

Affirmative action brings women to top administration. (In Her Own Words).
May 1, 2003... During the past decade, colleges and universities have emphasized hiring women, with increased efforts to prepare, recruit and retain women in top administration. Affirmative action to increase diversity has been controversial from the...

A continuing leadership journey toward balance.
May 1, 2003... If the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, Dr. Frances Lucas-Tauchar, the first female president of Millsaps College MS, began taking those steps as a youngster. Her father was Dr. Aubrey K. Lucas, president of the University...

Reduce long faculty hours to improve family life.
May 1, 2003... How long is an average faculty work week? Are long hours confined to assistant professors striving for tenure? Can faculty wait until after earning tenure to have children? What's the relationship of faculty time demands to gender gaps in...

National Science Foundation & women.
May 1, 2003... With a projected shortage of people to help the National Science Foundation reach its goal "to promote the progress of science" in the United States, the agency is looking at new strategies to carry out its mission. Dr. Rita R. Colwell,...

Tips for bringing The Vagina Monologues to campus.
May 1, 2003... Ever since The Vagina Monologues first played in New York City in 1996, it has brought controversy. By now hundreds of college and university campuses have hosted productions of the play, bringing awareness of and sensitivity to women's...

Women mentoring women: caring, interconnection.(Panel Discussion)
May 1, 2003... Joys are doubled and burdens lightened when shared with someone who understands the campus experience. A good mentoring relationship can provide female graduate students with emotional support and tools for success. Women redefine the...

Feminist follies: facing facts at fifty. (In Their Own Words).
May 1, 2003... I certainly wouldn't want your life." This unsolicited pronouncement by one author's stay-at-home mother is the theme of the following mid-life reflection on feminism. After decades of living and defending the feminist ideals of the 1970s, over...

Keeping the faith that chaos can bring renewal. (The Last Laugh).
May 1, 2003... Springtime is the traditional season of rebirth and renewal, considering both religious and floral aspects. For me the changes are earthshaking, almost unbearable, in almost every aspect of my life. Chaos theory suggests an order will...

To a phenomenal woman.
May 1, 2003... When I was in my younger days, I weighed a few pounds less, I needn't hold my tummy in to wear a belted dress. But now that I am older, I've set my body free; There's comfort of elastic where once my waist would be. Inventor of those...