Diverse Issues in Higher Education
by Peter Galuszka , November 29, 2010
In January, when Dr. Teresa Sullivan became the first woman selected to become president of the University of Virginia, expectations were that the noted sociology professor, provost and executive vice president for student affairs of the University of Michigan would ease into her job in bucolic Charlottesville.
When she took over in August, however, the scene was anything but peaceful.
Full Story: http://diverseeducation.com/article/14445/
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Women Leaders Honored at ACE Meeting
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
by Diverse Staff , March 8, 2010
The American Council on Education honored Dr. Blenda Wilson, former president of California State University, Northridge, with the Donna Shavlik award Saturday, at the Women's Leadership Dinner during ACE’s 92nd Annual Meeting being held through Tuesday in Phoenix. Named for the former longtime director of ACE’s Office of Women in Higher Education, the Shavlik award honors a leader who has demonstrated a sustained and continuing commitment to enhancing women's leadership and career development.
ACE also honored Dr. Alison Bernstein, vice president for the Knowledge, Creative and Free Expression Program of the Ford Foundation, with its Lifetime Achievement Award.
Wilson was the first African-American woman senior administrator at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, the first woman and African-American senior associate dean at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education and, as chancellor of the University of Michigan-Dearborn from 1984-88, the first woman to head a four-year institution in Michigan.
The former executive director of the Colorado Commission on Education, Wilson became the first woman president of California State University, Northridge.
Full Story: http://diverseeducation.com/article/13605/women-leaders-honored-at-ace-meeting.html
by Diverse Staff , March 8, 2010
The American Council on Education honored Dr. Blenda Wilson, former president of California State University, Northridge, with the Donna Shavlik award Saturday, at the Women's Leadership Dinner during ACE’s 92nd Annual Meeting being held through Tuesday in Phoenix. Named for the former longtime director of ACE’s Office of Women in Higher Education, the Shavlik award honors a leader who has demonstrated a sustained and continuing commitment to enhancing women's leadership and career development.
ACE also honored Dr. Alison Bernstein, vice president for the Knowledge, Creative and Free Expression Program of the Ford Foundation, with its Lifetime Achievement Award.
Wilson was the first African-American woman senior administrator at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, the first woman and African-American senior associate dean at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education and, as chancellor of the University of Michigan-Dearborn from 1984-88, the first woman to head a four-year institution in Michigan.
The former executive director of the Colorado Commission on Education, Wilson became the first woman president of California State University, Northridge.
Full Story: http://diverseeducation.com/article/13605/women-leaders-honored-at-ace-meeting.html
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