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Minority Librarians Seek To Update Image of White ‘Bun Lady’

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Librarians have long been portrayed as the little old White lady with her hair in a bun and glasses on a chain around her neck, “shushing” noisy people, but Deborah Lilton represents a more modern image.

December 18, 2006

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Dreams of Motherhood

There are few human endeavors that are as fundamentally personal, yet come with such far-reaching societal implications…

December 13, 2006

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ACE Conference: More Research Needed

Higher education is seeing a gradual change in the face of its leadership

November 29, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Lonely at the Top?

That a college or university president has a challenging position is a no-brainer…

November 15, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Climbing the Career Ladder

“It’s lonely at the top,” is probably an overused phrase, but like most clichés there’s usually a bit of truth…

November 15, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Lonely at the Top?

That a college or university president has a challenging position is a no-brainer…

November 15, 2006

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Rice University Tapped To Develop Initiatives for Women In Science and Engineering

To positively transform higher education’s culture and policies for women in science and engineering…

November 15, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Leadership 101

Indisputably, Nan Keohane has enjoyed a long and storied career in higher education…

November 15, 2006

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First U.S. College of Peace Studies To Be Established at the University of San Diego

The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego, which has hosted peace advocates from former South African President Nelson Mandela to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, will have its own dean by January, making it the first College of Peace Studies in the United States.

November 6, 2006

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Black Women See Education, Iraq as Key Election Issues

A new survey says Black women are more likely to consider education as a key election issue, with 98 percent saying it is either extremely or very important.

November 2, 2006

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Celebrating 125 Years of University Women

Seventeen women founded the American Association of University Women in 1881 because their enrollment…

November 1, 2006

Faculty & Staff

AAUP: Women Professors Lag In Tenure, Salary

There are more women in full-time faculty positions than 30 years ago but research institutions are still reluctant to hire women or pay them in parity with their male hires, according to an annual report by the American Association of University Professors released today.

October 25, 2006