Archive for 2014
Harvard Law School Signs Agreement to End Title IX Investigation Into Sexual Harassment
The Department of Education had found that the law school’s policies and procedures failed to comply with Title IX’s requirements for prompt and equitable response to complaints of sexual harassment and sexual assault.
Women Often Don’t Take Leadership Roles in Companies That They Own
A new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, finds that in companies co-owned by men and women, women rarely take on the leadership role.
Two Women Appointed to Dean Posts at Lipscomb University in Nashville
Deborah Boyd as interim dean of the College of Education and Nina Morel was named interim dean of the College of Professional Studies.
University Study Finds Gender Differences in How Intimate Partner Violence Affects Children
The research found that boys who witnessed the violence are more apt to be aggressive and mimic the behavior observed. But girls who witnessed the violence tended to internalize their emotions. Neither reaction leads to proper social development.
The New Dean of the College of Law at the University of Tulsa
Lyn Entzeroth has been serving as associate dean for academic affairs since 2012. From 2007 to 2009, she was associate dean for faculty development. She joined the faculty at the College of Law in 2002.
Cornell University Study Finds Breastfeeding for a Longer Time Can Reduce the Risk of Obesity
A new study by nutritional scientists at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, finds that infants at high risk for childhood and adult obesity are less likely to become obese if they breastfeed longer than two months.
First-Year Women at the Nation’s Leading Research Universities
WIAReport surveyed the nation’s highest-ranking research universities to determine the percentage of women in this year’s entering classes, gender differences in acceptance rates, and the progress women have made in enrollments.
Online Articles That May Be of Interest to WIAReport Readers
From time to time, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
Three Women Announce Their Retirements From Higher Education Posts
Nancy Jennings, an associate professor of education at Bowdoin College, Maravene Loeschke, president of Towson University in Maryland, and Lucile Krasnow, community relations liaison at Northwestern University, have announced they are stepping down.
In Memoriam: Lois Sabine Weihe, 1935-2014
During a long career in Higher education, Dr. Weihe served as dean of student development and dean of academic affairs at Scott Community College and as vice president for student development and workforce development at Western Iowa Tech Community College.
Recent Books That May Be of Interest to Women Scholars
Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
Education Department Finds Southern Methodist University in Violation of Title IX
The Office for Civil Rights ruled that the university was in violation of Title IX for its lack of prompt and equitable response to accusations of gender-based and sexual harassment and sexual violence on its campus.
Yale Scholar Honored by the Vergilian Society
Irene Peirano Garrison, associate professor of the Classics at Yale University, has received the 2015 Alexander G. McKay Prize for Vergilian Studies from the Vergilian Society for her book The Rhetoric of the Roman Fake.
The New Dean of the College of Business at the University of New Hampshire
For the past four years, Deborah Merrill-Sands has been serving as dean of the Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business at Mills College in Oakland, California. She is the former dean of the School of Management at Simmons College in Boston.
Auburn University Pioneer Receives the Congressional Gold Medal
Bobelle Sconiers Harrell was the first woman admitted to the pharmacy program at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, which is now called Auburn University. After graduating first in her class, she joined the Civil Air Patrol.
Five Women in New Teaching Roles
The women in new teaching posts are Anjelica L. Gonzalez at Yale University, Luann Lynch at the University of Virginia, Mary C. Stiner at the University of Arizona, Mea S. Cook at Williams College, and Janet Napolitano at the University of California, Berkeley.
Four Women Professors Honored With Prestigious Awards
The four women honored are Jennifer Klein of Yale University in Connecticut, the late Carol Ann Paul of Wellesley College in Massachusetts, Susan Hanson of Clark University in Massachusetts, and Susan J. Carroll of Rutgers University in New Jersey.
New Administrative Roles for Six Women in Higher Education
The appointees are Barbara D. Chernow at Brown University, Diane C. Anci at Kenyon College, Almeta E. Cooper at the Morehouse School of Medicine, Eleanor Nelson at Virginia Tech, Hilary Parker at Princeton University, and Mary Transue at Georgia Highlands College.
Helen Giles-Gee Leaves Presidency of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Dr. Giles-Gee became the 22nd president of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia in July 2012. She was the first woman president in the nearly 200-year history of the university.
Ranking the States by the Percentage of Women Among Their Doctoral Degree Recipients
Nationwide men earned nearly 4,000 more doctoral degrees than women in 2013. But there were several states where women earned more doctorates than men. The states with the highest percentage of women among their doctoral degree awardees were Vermont, Maine, and Mississippi.
Rasmussen College Names Its Next President
Rasmussen College, based in Bloomington, Minnesota, operates 24 campus in midwestern states and Florida and has an extensive online degree program operation. Trenda Boyum-Breen will become president of the college on March 30.
The Gender Gap at the Nation’s Top Law Schools
At the 15 highest-rated law schools in the United States, women make up a majority of the students at only one. None have faculties where women make up a majority and only four have faculties where women are as much as 40 percent of the total full-time faculty.
Judy Bonner to Step Down as President of the University of Alabama
Dr. Bonner announced that she will step down from her post no later than September 2015. She plans on taking a sabbatical year and then return to her role as a professor in the department of human nutrition and hospitality at the university.
University Study Links Domestic Violence Against Pregnant Women to Infants’ Developmental Problems
Scientists at Michigan State University have found that women who are subjected to domestic violence when they are pregnant are more likely that other pregnant women to give birth to children who exhibit emotional and behavioral problems as infants.
Midland University Chooses a Business Executive for Its Next President
Jody Horner has been serving as president of Cargill Meat Solutions and Cargill Case Ready, divisions of the huge agricultural conglomerate based in Minnetonka, Minnesota. She will become the 16th president of Midland University on February 1.
In Memoriam: Joanne King Corbett, 1929-2014
Dr. Corbett joined the faculty of what was then called Wilmington College in 1958. She was the first woman on the faculty who held a Ph.D. She remained on the faculty at what became the University of North Carolina, Wilmington for more than 40 years.
First-Year Women at the Nation’s Leading Liberal Arts Colleges
We surveyed the nation’s highest-ranking co-educational liberal arts colleges to determine the percentage of women in this year’s entering classes, gender differences in acceptance rates, and the progress women have made in the past year.
Online Articles That May Be of Interest to WIAReport Readers
From time to time, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
Recent Books That May Be of Interest to Women Scholars
Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
Mary Baldwin College Seeks to Boost Minority Women in STEM Fields
The Advance Achievement for Minority Women in STEM will provide scholarships, research opportunities, and travel expenses for Black and other minority women so they can attend professional conferences and seminars.
Smith College Reports Its Financial House Is in Order
In an era when some women’s colleges have struggled financially, Smith College, the highly rated liberal arts institution for women in Northampton, Massachusetts, has issued its annual financial report that shows the college in good fiscal condition.
Three College and University Women Announce Their Retirements
Ruth Constantine, vice president for finance and administration at Smith College, Barbara Held, the Barry N. Wish Professor of Psychology and Social Studies at Bowdoin College, and Patricia M. Jordan, associate professor of mathematics education at Oklahoma State University, are retiring.
In Memoriam: Paulette Gail Burns, 1949-2014
Since 2006, Paulette Burns was dean of the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. Before joining the faculty at TCU, she was director of the Tulsa campus of the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
University of New Mexico Scholar to Be Honored by the Modern Language Association
Carmen Nocentelli, associate professor of English and comparative literature at the University of New Mexico, has been selected to receive the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literature Studies for her book Empires of Love.
