Women in Higher Education articles from September 2004

Women in Higher Education archives from September 2004

Why leadership is a woman's art.
September 1, 2004... What's different about a woman's leadership? Plenty, according to Dr. Lois P. Frankel, CEO of Corporate Coaching International. She told women in Phoenix attending the closing workshop at the AAWCC/NILD national conference in June of the unique...

U of California to pay $3 million for sex bias.(Newswatch)(University of California)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... A state jury has ordered the University of California to pay $2.95 million to a former employee in a sex discrimination and retaliation case. The court found that UCLA discriminated against Dr. Janet Conney, former clinical instructor at the...

GAO asks science agencies to assure that winners of federal grants don't discriminate.(Newswatch)(Government Accountability Office)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Federal agencies need to do more to ensure that federal grant recipients do not discriminate against women in mathematics, engineering and science, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office. The report, "Women's...

NCAA to curb lavish recruiting practices.(Newswatch)(National Collegiate Athletic Association )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The NCAA's Division I Board of Directors has approved an emergency six-part plan that restricts the lavish perks that some schools give to recruit star athletes in football and basketball, beginning this fall. "The idea is to minimize the...

MBA applicants continue to decline.(Newswatch)(Master of Business Administration )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Applications to MBA programs have dropped for the second straight year, according to the Graduate Management Admission Council. More than 75% of full-time, two-year MBA programs surveyed received fewer applications for the 2003-2004 year than...

NCAA to run Women Coaches Academy.(Newswatch)(National Collegiate Athletic Association)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... After three successful pilot programs training 68 women to be better coaches and boost their chances of entering athletic administration, the Women Coaches Academy will now become an NCAA educational program. Started as a pilot program in...

La Salle coaches resign over alleged rapes.(Newswatch)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Head coaches of the women's and men's basketball teams at La Salle University PA resigned recently as criminal and campus investigations continue into accusations of sexual assaults by male basketball players. One alleged assault was on a...

Canada campuses enroll more women, too.(Newswatch)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The gender gap is also widening at Canadian universities as a record number of 510,000 women are pursuing higher education, while 377,00 male students do the same. The percentage of female students is 57.5%, similar to the U.S. The study by...

Canadian whistle blower speaks up.(Newswatch)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Velma Cole, a college instructor at the University of College of Fraser Valley in British Columbia who is terminally ill with cancer, is standing up for her beliefs. Cole blew the whistle on Tory MP Randy White and he in turn called her a liar....

Court vetoes 'opposite season' sports for Michigan girls to convenience boys' teams.(Newswatch)
September 1, 2004... After years of playing basketball in fall, volleyball in winter and soccer in spring, high school girls in Michigan will finally get to play these and other sports in their traditional seasons. In July the Sixth Circuit federal court of...

Prof rationalizes why boys need sports.(professor)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Boys need sports more than girls do, according to a University of Virginia professor of public policy. Men are "more intrinsically attracted to sports--and need competition more than women do," explained Steven Rhoads, author of Taking Sex...

Parents want more involvement in campus.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Mississippi State University plans to open an Office of Parent Services in response to a growing number of phone calls from parents. MSU is not alone in catering to parents. As college costs soar, parents want more involvement in where they...

Graduates pledge to take responsibility.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Humboldt State University in California has initiated a voluntary pledge for graduates to turn down jobs they do not feel morally comfortable with and work to make changes at jobs. The Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental...

Genesee CC board has all women officers.(Community College)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... For the first time in its 36-year history, Genesee Community College in Batavia NY has an all-woman group of officers. Ann Garlock will head the 10-member board, joining a female vice-chairman and secretary as officers of the board, according...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
September 1, 2004... From July, Dr. Jo Ann M. Gorta is not the first woman to head a public university in Indiana. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From August, here is the correct photo of Brent Bilodeau.

Emotionally intelligent leadership brings success.
September 1, 2004... To call someone "emotional" is not a compliment in most universities. Women get the message that workplace success means leaving their emotions at home. Emotions supposedly interfere with intellect, performance and objectivity. "People...

Support adult learners by abandoning stereotypes.
September 1, 2004... Although adult learners have become a significant part of the student body, they inspire many misconceptions. At the National Association of Student Personnel Administrator (NASPA) conference in March in Denver, Dr. Charlene H. Harrison,...

Dr. Maria T. Allison.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Dr. Maria T. Allison, interim dean of the division of graduate studies at Arizona State University, will be vice provost and dean of graduate studies there.

Dr. Marcia W. Bankirer.(Women on the Move)(Argosy University)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Dr. Marcia W. Bankirer, vice provost at Central Michigan University, will become president of Argosy University's Chicago campus.

Dr. Carol Carbary.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Dr. Carol Carbary, director of constituent development for the college of arts and sciences at Kent State University OH, will be VP of advancement at Notre Dame College OH.

Dr. Bonnie Coe.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Dr. Bonnie Coe will become president of Central Ohio Technical College, where she is VP and dean of the faculty.

Dr. Anne Cairns Federlein.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Dr. Anne Cairns Federlein moves from president of Ohio State University at Newark and Central Ohio Technical College to president of Kentucky Wesleyan College.

Dr. Sharon L. Fross.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Dr. Sharon L. Fross, director of continuing ed at Penn State University, will be VP for outreach and continuing ed at U-Mass.

Dr. Marie Foster Gnage.(Women on the Move)(Raritan Valley Community College )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Dr. Marie Foster Gnage, who has been senior VP for academic affairs at Raritan Valley Community College NJ, will be president of West Virginia University.

Dr. Nancy Oliver Gray.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Dr. Nancy Oliver Gray, president of Converse College SC, will be president of Hollins University VA starting in January.

Dr. Susan Kelly.(Women on the Move)(Argosy University system)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Dr. Susan Kelly, dean of continuing ed and associate provost at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, will be VP of academic affairs at the Argosy University system.

Dr. Norma Hernandez.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Dr. Norma Hernandez moves from interim president of South-western College CA to president and superintendent.

Hazel O'Leary.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Hazel O'Leary, former U.S. Energy Secretary in the Clinton administration, will become the 14th president of Fisk University TN.

Dawn Rogers.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Dawn Rogers will become the first female athletics director at Xavier University OH, where she has been the senior associate athletics director for six years.

Dr. Teresa J. Williams.(Women on the Move)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Dr. Teresa J. Williams will be VP and dean of students at Olivet College MI. She is now an associate dean at the University of Richmond VA.

How to support your lesbian students at risk.
September 1, 2004... Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students are at high risk for dropping out of college. They're also the group at highest risk for suicide. Health and retention issues are huge for this largely invisible population, variously...

A recipe for leading with love.
September 1, 2004... "To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart," Eleanor Roosevelt once said. Techniques and outward skills aren't enough for effective leadership. Compassion and authenticity come from the heart, so leading others begins...

'Outsiders within:' lay women lead male-dominated schools.
September 1, 2004... In our increasingly busy lives, we rarely take the time to reflect on where we've been, being too intent on determining where to go next. Writing her dissertation gave Dr. Mary Lou Jackson the time to ponder the role of lay women leaders...

Employee unions can benefit women on campus.
September 1, 2004... In 2002, 42% of all union members were women, but 55% of all new workers unionized were women. "Unions are an employee's answer to bad management," said Jean Harris, a faculty member in the political science department at the University of...

Blackburn Institute develops leaders for Alabama.
September 1, 2004... Forget a luncheon or a room named after a retiring leader. The University of Alabama chose to honor a VP of student development by linking his name to the future development of student leaders as change agents. The Blackburn Institute was...

How do women's studies classes affect adult students?(In Her Own Words)
September 1, 2004... For the last eight years, I have steeped myself in the meanings of Women's Studies in Hawaii. I undertook a research project to trace the impact of Women's Studies classes on adult women learners over the age of 25, considering their feminist...

Creativity on the edge of artistry.(In Her Own Words)
September 1, 2004... "What IS that? Act One, Scene Two?" As far back as I can remember, my father would say this to me whenever I struck a particularly dramatic pose or uttered a particularly dramatic phrase. I suppose it should have come as no surprise that I...

If you're wondering about the rest of the stories ...(The Last Laugh)
September 1, 2004... We journalists tend to leap from one news item to an other, but must transition from yesterday's reports to today's, and what they may imply for tomorrow. As editor, I tend to report the here-and-now, often with a request to "stay tuned."...