Women in Higher Education articles from May 2004

Women in Higher Education archives from May 2004

Goal of education: help students make a life.
May 1, 2004... "I cannot tell you strongly enough that it's not making a living that matters, it's making a life. And you all are in the making-a-life unit on the campus," said Dr. Betty Siegel, featured speaker at the National Association of Student...

Campuses increase female teams, coaches.(Newswatch)
May 1, 2004... Nationwide, more college women have opportunities to play on athletics teams than ever before, and schools are hiring women to coach them at an increasing rate. Every two years since 1977, R. Vivian Acosta and Linda Jean Carpenter have...

Harvard accepts more women than men.(Newswatch)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... For the first time in history, more women than men have been accepted for the Harvard University MA first-year class in fall 2004. Of an applicant pool of 19,750, Harvard sent acceptance letters to 1,016 women and 1,013 men. Officials said...

UNC chapel hill settles athlete's lawsuit accusing soccer coach of sexual harassment.(Newswatch)(University of North Carolina )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... The University of North Carolina will pay a former soccer player $70,000 and coach Anson Dorrance will attend eight years of sensitivity training on sexual harassment to settle part of a $12 million lawsuit filed in 1998. Dorrance, who has...

MIT applications look for human 'beings'.(Newswatch)
May 1, 2004... When it comes to college applications, the emphasis on "doings" greatly outweighs information that the applicant is a human being. Massachusetts Institute of Technology dean of admission Marilee Jones is trying to change that. The mother...

Faculty-student liaisons cause problems.(Newswatch)
May 1, 2004... * The University of Colorado Board of Regents fired a longtime faculty member whose reputation for sexually harassing students on the Boulder campus extends for more than 20 years. Chemistry professor and inventor R. Igor Gamow got the boot...

Web Site helps dual-career couples find jobs.(Newswatch)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Recognizing that academic couples need two jobs and nobody else was helping to find them, Nancy Aebersold started a Web Site to create a network of job seekers and universities in Northern California looking for candidates to hire. "There...

Administrative salaries still reflect gender bias.
May 1, 2004... Data from the 2003-2004 academic year reflect a slowed growth rate in median salaries of colleges and university administrators. This year's growth rate is 2.5%, down from 3.5% last year and 4.0% the year before. An annual survey by...

Liberal arts armors women to move the world.
May 1, 2004... Greek scientist Archimedes said, "Give me a place to stand and a lever and I can move the world." As a man, Archimedes had no problems finding a place to stand. Women have not been that lucky. We've been told our place is in the home, but...

How five campus leaders/moms juggle work and life.
May 1, 2004... Universities weren't designed for mothers. Long work weeks are easier with no children or a wife to take care of them. At the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) annual conference in Denver in March 2004, five...

Women's quiet roles in an Islamic peace process.
May 1, 2004... Peace is always in the making," said Meena Sharify-Funk. "It's never 'made.'" Peace studies should begin with personal issues, not international issues. Funk, a doctoral candidate in international relations at the American University in...

Here is the real Gretchen Anderson.(Correction Notice)
May 1, 2004... She was featured in the article Tips for Managing the Marginal Employee on page 8 of the April 2004 issue. This is her correct picture. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Collaborations help campus work/life office grow.
May 1, 2004... Recent budget cuts hitting universities across the nation have many work/life managers scrambling to keep their office visible and alive. One way to save money and keep programs is to collaborate with other campus offices. At the 10th...

Women's ways of resolving conflict.
May 1, 2004... Conflicts are a natural part of life. Ask any child whose younger sister wants to play with her toys. Or the employee whose boss demands something unethical. Each conflict situation comes with its own history and cultural background. How...

The power of women students.(Moveable Type)
May 1, 2004... Women are now the majority of undergraduates across the industrialized world. Have universities become more inclusive as a result, in what they teach and how they teach it? Or are there simply more and more women feeling oppressed by a male...

What affects students' moral development?
May 1, 2004... College is a critical period for moral development. Undergraduates may be away from home for the first time, encountering new ideas and peer groups and feeling their way into adulthood. What factors on campus help and what gets in the way? ...

Dr. Danielle S. Allen.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Dr. Danielle S. Allen, professor of classics and political science at the University of Chicago since 1997, will be dean of its 15-unit humanities department starting July 1. She is 32.

Dr. Linda Bunnell.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Dr. Linda Bunnell, chancellor emerita of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, will become chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point starting June 1.

Dr. Marye Anne Fox.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Dr. Marye Anne Fox, chancellor of North Carolina State University for the last six years, will become chancellor of the University of California at San Diego. Before North Carolina, she was at the University of Texas at Austin for 22 years,...

Dr. Cindy Giorgio.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Dr. Cindy Giorgio, assistant dean of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of California at Riverside, will become assistant chancellor of the university.

Dr. Jeanie Hawk.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Dr. Jeanie Hawk, former associate dean and director of business services at Rogue Community College OR, moves to VP of finance and college services at De Anza College CA.

Dr. Katherine Hiyane-Brown.(Women on the Move)(Normandale Community College)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Dr. Katherine Hiyane-Brown, VP for academic affairs at Tacoma Community College WA, will become president of Normandale Community College MN starting on July 12.

Sr. Candace Introcaso.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Sr. Candace Introcaso, VP for planning and assessment at Barry University FL, will become president of La Roche College PA starting July 1.

Dr. Jackie Jenkins-Scott.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Dr. Jackie Jenkins-Scott, president and CEO of the Dimock Community Health Center in Massachusetts, will become president of Wheelock College MA in July.

Dr. Carolyn C. Jones.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Dr. Carolyn C. Jones will move from the University of Connecticut to the University of Iowa in July, where she will be the first woman to head its law school.

Dr. Sabine O'Hara.(Women on the Move)(Roanoke College VA )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Dr. Sabine O'Hara, economics professor and dean/VP for academic affairs at Concordia College MN, will become the first female president of Roanoke College VA in early August.

Dr. Bettye Parker Smith.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Dr. Bettye Parker Smith, provost and VP for academic affairs at Dillard University LA, will become interim president starting June 1.

Dr. Melanie Storms.(Women on the Move)( Argosy University)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Dr. Melanie Storms, who has been department head of clinical psychology and VP for academic affairs at Argosy University's Tampa campus, will become campus president.

Dr. Penelope H. Wills.(Women on the Move)(Northeast Iowa Community College)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... Dr. Penelope H. Wills, VP for student development at Floyd College GA, will become president of Northeast Iowa Community College.

Karen Hitchcock.(Women not on the Move)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... The search for a new president of the University of Tennessee narrowed the field of candidates from 35 to 12. The 12 included only one woman, Karen Hitchcock, president of SUNY at Albany, and they selected John D. Petersen, provost at U-Conn....

Feminist advising and mentoring can empower students.
May 1, 2004... Feminist teaching methods are transforming university classroom education. Too often they stop at the classroom door, not reaching the other places where students spend most of their lives. "I can create a collaborative class, but as soon...

And a happy Mother's Day to all!(The Last Laugh)
May 1, 2004... For a day created by a huckster at Hallmark just trying to sell more greeting cards, Mother's Day never fails to turn on the tear glands in the eyes of those who celebrate it all over the world. Each of us had a mother and many of us are or...