Women in Higher Education articles from October 2005

Women in Higher Education archives from October 2005

How to help women to get back in the game.
October 1, 2005... Women leave high-powered jobs at twice the rate of men. Getting back in is harder than they expect. The brain drain of women managers hurts the women themselves, their employers and their universities. Dr. Monica McGrath, adjunct assistant...

'Character counts' so prez fires top coach.(NEWSWATCH)
October 1, 2005... Citing low graduation rates for student athletes, NCAA violations and a drunk-driving arrest, University of Cincinnati president Nancy Zimpher fired popular men's basketball coach Bob Huggins in August. "Character counts," said Zimpher....

Is the U of California really family friendly?(university)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The San Francisco Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has found that there was "reasonable cause" to believe that a UC-Santa Barbara professor was a victim of sex discrimination when the school denied her tenure in 2003. ...

NIH grants shortchange women.(NEWSWATCH)
October 1, 2005... The National Institutes of Health give many more grants to men than to women, according to a report by the RAND Corporation. The study also examined practices at the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. ...

Higher ed's gender gap expected to grow.(education)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The gender gap in higher education will increase in the next decade, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Educational Statistics. "Projections of Education Statistics to 2014" predicts that from...

'Flip flop flap' raises money and awareness.(NEWSWATCH)
October 1, 2005... Northwestern University IL, whose NCAA championship women's lacrosse team made the news for wearing flip-flops to the White House in July, is using the incident to raise money for a child with brain cancer. The women took advantage of the...

Bias, not stupidity, keeps women from science.(NEWSWATCH)
October 1, 2005... Lingering gender biases in academia keep many women from rising to top science jobs, according to women leaders in higher education. The group says subtle biases that often undervalue women's potential in science add up to derailed careers. ...

Nanoqueens bring in big bucks at U-Mass.(NEWSWATCH)
October 1, 2005... The three women leading nanotechnology research at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell are officially recognized as professors of engineering. But colleagues at the school refer to them as the "nanoqueens." The three women--Julie...

Military academies still hostile to women.(NEWSWATCH)
October 1, 2005... Inappropriate treatment and hostile attitudes toward women students still persist at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and at the Naval Academy in Colorado, said a recent Pentagon task force report. Amid its 44 recommendations, the...

Campuses announce great expectations.(safety measures for women)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... At the University of Kentucky, administrators are taking women's safety seriously. The school is spending more than four times the $350,000 it spent last year on special campus safety measures for women. It hopes to turn around results...

Frosh Mindset List from Beloit College counters faculty's 'hardening of references'.(NEWSWATCH)
October 1, 2005... "The faculty will remain the same age as the students get younger," noted Ron Nief, director of public affairs at Beloit College WI. That's why Nief teams up with humanities professor Tom McBride to create the Beloit College Mindset List,...

Female profs care more about students.(NEWSWATCH)
October 1, 2005... Signs point to women professors showing more interest in helping students than their male counterparts, according to a study done by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles. About 25% more...

Douglass College supporters mobilize.(NEWSWATCH)
October 1, 2005... Visitors to Douglass College were greeted with protest signs and petitioning students recently. They are upset about the reorg plan by Rutgers University NJ that would put the all-women's Douglass college in jeopardy. The plan calls for...

'Dry' frats and sororities busted for booze.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Three alcohol-infested parties at Colorado State University resulted in action against eight fraternities and sororities in early September. Fraternity and sorority members provided and consumed alcohol at three parties, which brought...

Colorado prez: quit spending on alcohol.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The new president of the University of Colorado wants to stop the use of public money for alcohol, but the goal is proving to be easier said than done. The university spent more than $508,000 at liquor establishments over a five-year span,...

Berkeley frosh to study alcohol effects.(NEWSWATCH)
October 1, 2005... In response to recent alcohol-related-incidents, all freshmen and undergraduate transfer students at the University of California at Berkeley will be required to complete an online alcohol-awareness course. AlcoholEdu was created by a...

The LGBT student: making the campus friendly to all.
October 1, 2005... Using labels to define our work can limit the types of people we reach, said Ronni Sanlo, LGBT resource director at UCLA. "The words, 'lesbian' and 'gay' are white constructs. Most people of color who are not heterosexual do not use those...

A 'fearless generalist' to lead HERS forward.(Higher Education Resources Services)
October 1, 2005... A December WIHE article on the pending retirement of Dr. Cynthia Secor, the executive director of HERS (Higher Education Resources Services), piqued the interest of some 50 potential successors. One was Dr. Judith White, a HERS alumna and...

The importance of ethics in making everyday decisions.
October 1, 2005... Two graduate students, Luisa, 27 and Joe, 29, work in the student activities office at fictitious Everglades University. Luisa has held several campus jobs before enrolling in a master's program. Joe recently completed his undergrad degree...

Supporting students' search for meaning in their lives.
October 1, 2005... Undergraduates come to campus searching for meaning and identity. Who am I? Why am I here? What really matters? What should I be doing with my life? Many expect their college experience to help them with the search. How does higher education...

Sociologists for Women in Society: supporting feminist scholarship.(IN THEIR OWN WORDS)
October 1, 2005... An important and illustrative feminist response to the gendered structure of the academy--and sociology in particular--has been the formation of Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS). At the 1969 meeting of the American Sociological...

Encouraging older, undergrad women to become faculty.(IN THEIR OWN WORDS)
October 1, 2005... Non-traditional age students over the age of 25 are the "new majority" on college campuses. What motivates them, what are their goals, and how can we better reach them to support them on the path to graduate school? Dr. V. Hilton Hallock,...

Maribeth Amyot.(Women on the Move)
October 1, 2005... Maribeth Amyot, CFO and COO at the University of Connecticut Foundation Inc, has been appointed VP for finance and administration at Western Connecticut State University.

Susan Bassett.(Women on the Move)
October 1, 2005... Susan Bassett, director of athletics at Hobart and William Smith Colleges NY, has become director of atheltics at Carnegie Mellon University PA.

Deborah Grozen Bieri.(Women on the Move)
October 1, 2005... Deborah Grozen Bieri, VP for advancement at Clark University MA, becomes senior VP of institutional advancement at Berklee College of Music MA.

Dr. Penelope Brouwer.(Women on the Move)
October 1, 2005... Dr. Penelope Brouwer, who most recently has been director of the school of business at Mount Ida College MA, has been appointed VP for planning and research at Thomas Edison State College NJ, where she directed similar initiatives in the 1990s....

Dr. Jamie Comstock.(Women on the Move)
October 1, 2005... Dr. Jamie Comstock, VP and dean of the college of arts and sciences at Baker University KS, has become VP of academic affairs at Millikin University IL.

Diana Cutaia.(Women on the Move)
October 1, 2005... Diana Cutaia, former executive director of Massachusett's committee on physical fitness, has become athletics director at Wheelock College MA.

Carol M. Evanco.(Women on the Move)
October 1, 2005... Carol M. Evanco, assistant VP of alumni relations at Barry University FL, becomes VP for student services at Southern Catholic College.

Dr. Ellen F. Falduto.(Women on the Move)
October 1, 2005... Dr. Ellen F. Falduto, VP and chief information and planning officer at Hartwick College NY, moves to VP for finance and info technology at Allegheny College PA.

Dr. Debra Fitzsimons.(Women on the Move)
October 1, 2005... Dr. Debra Fitzsimons, CBO at Grossmont College CA, becomes VP for administrative affairs at Southwestern College CA.

Marjie Young French.(Women on the Move)
October 1, 2005... Marjie Young French, associate dean and director of development at the school of engineering and computer science at the University of Texas at Dallas, becomes VP of development there.

Martha Sue Harris.(Women on the Move)
October 1, 2005... Martha Sue Harris, former dean of liberal arts and science and interim president of Quincy College MA, has been appointed to the presidency.

Dr. Beverly Washington Jones.(Women on the Move)
October 1, 2005... Dr. Beverly Washington Jones, interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at North Carolina Central University, has been appointed to the permanent position.

Julie Keehner.(Women on the Move)
October 1, 2005... Julie Keehner, VP for enrollment and student services at Buena Vista University IA, becomes VP for student affairs and dean of students at West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Diane Kruger.(Women on the Move)
October 1, 2005... Diane Kruger, CFO at the institute of public affairs at the University of Minnesota, becomes executive VP of the McNally School of Music in St. Paul MN.

Dr. Judy Olian.(Women on the Move)
October 1, 2005... Dr. Judy Olian, dean of the business school at Pennsylvania State University, has been appointed dean of UCLA's Anderson School of Management, effective January 1, 2006.

Dr. Vickie Rutledge Shields.(Women on the Move)
October 1, 2005... Dr. Vickie Rutledge Shields, former associate dean of arts and sciences at Bowling Green State University OH, has become dean of the college of social and behavioral sciences at Eastern Washington University.

Roots of Spelman, the oldest historically black women's college.(MOVEABLE TYPE)
October 1, 2005... In 1996, Money magazine ranked Spelman College GA the best women's college, best historically black college and the #7 college overall in the United States. Foundations for excellence go far back at the oldest historically black college for...

Are you considering a PhD in student affairs?(MOVEABLE TYPE)
October 1, 2005... If you want to advance in student affairs, chances are you'll need a PhD. Questions about the process led Dr. Margi Healy and Dr. Barbara Bender to present a session on earning the doctorate for student affairs professionals at the NASPA...

California consortium of 61 schools offers Web sites to help in recruiting.(MOVEABLE TYPE)
October 1, 2005... Searching for a job at California college and universities just got easier, with the creation of two new Web sites: www.socalherc.org and www.norcalherc.org The Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), a group of 27 colleges and...

Strategies for SWAs in athletics to develop real power.(senior woman administrator )
October 1, 2005... As a former student athlete who worked in and around collegiate athletics for several years, I became interested in the role of the senior woman administrator (SWA) in athletics. I wondered what advice successful SWAs had for current and future...

It's time to face the end-of-summer blues.(THE LAST LAUGH)(Column)
October 1, 2005... Each September it comes as a surprise to me that summer is almost over. I never have time to do all the things I want to do as often as I'd like--like sailing, swimming, biking, hiking--and too soon it's gone. I grieve its passing. Just as...