Women in Higher Education articles from October 2002

Women in Higher Education archives from October 2002

Activism linked to campus academics helps students learn.
October 1, 2002... Service learning experiments at four Catholic colleges made the agenda of this year's National Association for Women in Catholic Higher Education (NAWCHE) conference, "Bridging the Divide-Connecting Activism and Academia Through Social...

Passion marks round 1 in title IX hearings. (Newswatch).
October 1, 2002... The blue-ribbon commission charged with assuring that Title IX is fairly distributing opportunities for participation in sports heard a lot of emotional testimony at its first town-hall session held in Atlanta in August. Tears, anger and...

George Washington U to cover birth control. (Newswatch).
October 1, 2002... After a complaint by three female law students and a petition signed by 100 more students, plus legal nudging from three national groups, George Washington University DC quickly agreed to cover birth control pills and other prescription...

$1,090,000 for harassment by Georgetown VP. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... A female former employee at Georgetown University DC won a federal jury award of more than $1 million due to sexual harassment by Earnest W. Porta Jr., who is now the school's acting VP and treasurer. Monica Estes was fired as cash manager...

Pregnancy caused demotion, prof says. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... A tenured professor of criminal justice at Sam Houston State University TX is suing the college and a dean for discrimination during her pregnancy, resulting in a demotion and lower salary. Dr. Laura Myers accused Richard West, dean and...

Cal settles pregnancy suit with ex-coach. (Newswatch).
October 1, 2002... Marianne Stanley, the high-profile women's basketball coach whose demands for a salary equal to that of the male team's coach at the University of Southern California made headlines in 1993, is again in the spotlight. Now the coach of the...

Women in development earn less than males. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Women who work in college advancement offices earn significantly less than their male counterparts, even with similar experience and responsibility, and women are far less likely to be in upper management, reports a new survey. Gender was...

Prof wins settlement on retaliation. (Newswatch).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2002... Some people can't take a joke, and it cost Pikes Peak Community College dearly to learn to appreciate parody. The story began when Luis Chavez, a member of the school's faculty association, created a mock proposal for a program called...

Mothers with careers penalized for doing a vital job.
October 1, 2002... Didn't you used to be Ann Crittenden?" a man asked at a New York cocktail party. Three years earlier she had quit reporting economic news for the New York Times to stay home with her baby. End of paid job, end of identity. Economists say...

Women's leadership brings changes in the academy.
October 1, 2002... A woman colleague once told Dr. Janet Holmgren that pursuing a career as a scientist and leader in higher education was like trying to use a machete to hack her way through the jungle of the academy. Thankfully, women leaders have moved...

Destiny of women as athletics leaders: choice or chance? (In Her Own Words).
October 1, 2002... Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance," said William Jennings Bryant. Surely a catchy slogan, but not one that rings true for many women administrators in intercollegiate athletics. So we gathered together to figure out why--14 of us...

25 Leadership Lessons from a University president.
October 1, 2002... Women in leadership positions are often asked to share their stories, because hard-learned lessons from experience are especially helpful to others in the trenches. As president of Antioch University McGregor, the adult student component...

'Women and technology are a good match.' (Profile).
October 1, 2002... Having broken through the glass ceiling, Carolyn Hershberger, VP of information technology at Green River Community College WA, tries to help other women do the same. "Women and technology are a good match," she told WIHE. "Generally, their...

Succeed by being a decathlonist, good in 10 things.
October 1, 2002... When Dr. Betty Siegel visited a California forest, she was deeply moved by the tall, majestic sequoia trees and assumed they had very deep roots. Actually their roots are shallow, but each tree reaches out its roots to embrace the roots of...

Reducing student aggression, the dark side of distance ed.
October 1, 2002... The first step in solving a problem is to identify it. Distance education instructors are now becoming aware of occasional aggression as an unintended consequence of on-line learning, according to Michael Perkins, a social work instructor, and...

Sharpen the tools in your leadership kit.
October 1, 2002... You carry a personal toolbox of skills and attributes into every job. When did you last examine what's there? Whether you're considering a career change, hoping to advance or become more effective in your current position, it pays to review and...

Reaching students through stories.
October 1, 2002... "Stories differ from advice in that, once you get them, they become a fabric of your whole soul. That is why they heal you." -Alice Walker For thousands of years, around the world, stories have been a teaching tool to pass wisdom from...

How to negotiate an academic job contract: the package. (Part II of a Three-Part Series).
October 1, 2002... Many women seeking new jobs believe that having received a job offer, they can simply accept it, sit back and relax. Later they may be surprised and dismayed to learn that male colleagues hired at the same time enjoy higher salaries and...

The world according to first-year students.
October 1, 2002... For faculty and administrators "who may be suffering from hardening of the references," Beloit College WI has issued its fifth annual mindset list. It reminds Beloit employees that the world looks different for today's generation of new...

Elderhostel provides a new way to teach and learn. (The Last Laugh).
October 1, 2002... At the insistence of a tennis team buddy who fancies herself a travel-agent-in-training, four of us trundled off to our first Elderhostel program last month. It was the right price, the right time and the right place: $629 including room and...