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What skills are needed to be successful in today's academy? How can female leaders enhance them?
Let's ask Patricia Lowrie, director of the Women's Resource Center and assistant dean for affirmative action in the college of veterinary medicine at Michigan State University, and Dr. Jennifer Wimbish, president of Cedar Valley College TX. They spoke about strengthening capabilities at the Michigan ACE Network for Women conference held at Michigan State University in June 2002.
On shifting ground
"There are two speeds in higher education: slow and stop," according to the joke. In today's campus environment, external changes come at warp speed, including:
* An explosion of expensive technology demands
* A focus shift from faculty teaching to student learning
* Students more diversified in gender, age, ethnicity