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The article announces the appointments of professional women including Cecile Aitchison as chief executive of the foundation at the University of Southern Maine, Rebecca M. Blank as dean of the University of Michigan, and Kim Coplin as interim provost at Denison University. INSET: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH.

The article offers guidelines for women college administrators concerning the importance of having a sponsor for their educational career. It says that having a sponsor and mentors can make a big difference in women's career. It suggests that mentors chosen for high potential women need to be aware that they are furthering their protégé on career progression. It indicates that men were more apt to have a sponsor for their careers rather than only a mentor.

The article reports on the need of women personnel at the governing board of University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee.

The article discusses the developments in the fictional Poppletonian University. The school's leading psychologist, Doctor Ted Thorndike, said that he is excited to participate in The Proust Phenomenon event, which is being organised by multidisciplinary agency, the Memory Network. It cites the approval by the university's vice-chancellor of the research findings showing that there is implicit gender bias in university hiring practices.

The article announces career development of several women college administrators in the U.S. including the appointments of Dr. Noelle Cockett as Utah State University's provost, Dr. Jane M. Kirschling as University of Maryland's dean, and Dr. Joan M. Prince as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

The article announces that Catherine Cerulli was appointed director of the Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership at the University of Rochester in New York State.

The article mentions the appointments of four women to endowed chairs at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee including that of Shari L. Barkin to the William K. Warren Foundation Chair in Medicine, Heidi E. Hamm to the Aileen M. Lange and Annie Mary Lyle Chair in Cardiovascular Research and Linda Norman to the Valerie Potter Menefee Chair in Nursing.

The article reports on the result of the study of the proportion of female heads of higher education institutions during the period from 2007 to 2010. The finding reveals that only about 17 percent of universities in Great Britain were led by women, while it is 32 percent in Norway and 27 percent in Sweden. The result also suggests that the gender gap in university leadership contributes to gender imbalance in the sciences.

The article announces that Grinnell College in Iowa has filled up two endowed chairs as of 2012, naming Doctor M. Johanna Meehan to the McCay-Casady Professorial Chair in Humanities, and Doctor Astrid Henry to the Louise Noun Chair in Women's Studies.

The article announces the appointment of Lynn Pardie as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Illinois Springfield.

The article reports on an award established by the student government association at the University of Miami to honor Patricia A. Whitely, vice president for student affairs at the university. The Patricia A. Whitely Unsung Hero Award will be given every year to a student government official who performs above and beyond his or her responsibilities. Whitely graduated from St. John's University and earned a master's degree from the University of South Carolina.

The article announces the retirement of Barbara Atkinson as executive vice president of the University of Kansas Medical Center.

The article announces that Bobbie DeCuir and Patricia Cottonham have been appointed to high administrative positions at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana on an interim basis.

The article announces that Yael Levitte will be the head of new efforts to achieve the diversity goals of Cornell University (CU) in Ithaca, New York as to the statement issued by CU president David J. Skorton on strengthening efforts to graduate and recruit a diverse student body.

The article announces the appointments of Ann McKenna as chair of the departments of engineering technology and engineering at Arizona State University College of Technology and Innovation and Susan G. Polansky as chair of the modern languages department at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

The article offers the author's insights on the success of the journal "Women in Higher Education" (WIHE). The author notes that WIHE served women from January 1992 to December 2011 with women's perspective on campus events and programs. She cites that her measures of success include meeting women campus leaders and WIHE's recognition by National Association of Women in Education (NAWE). She adds that one of the changes in women is that they are more committed to higher education than men.

The article announces that the University of Chicago Medical Center has named Lalia Rashid as vice president for development and associate dean in the biological sciences division, Carolyn Nobles was named associate administrator for the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, and Myra N. Lowe was appointed interim dean of libraries at West Virginia University in Morgantown.

The article announces the appointments of U.S. women college officers, including Susan Stryker as University of Arizona's Institute for LGBT Studies director and Canan Bilen-Green as North Dakota State University's Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute interim director.

The article announces the appointments of U.S. women college officials, including Lauren Ancel Myers as University of Texas Division of Statistics and Scientific Computation director and Mary Leigh Wolfe as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's biological systems engineering department chair.

The article announces that the Katayanagi Prize for Research Excellence in Computer Science has been awarded to Barbara Liskov, director of the programming methodology group at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The article announces faculty appointments, including Barbara Boswell in the English department of the University of Virginia, Ann Carlson as visiting artist at Jasper Ridge Biological Reserve of Stanford University and Charlene Wolf-Hall as chair of the department of veterinary and microbiological sciences.

The article announces appointments in Vanderbilt University, namely Beth Ann Malow as Burry Chair in Cognitive Childhood Development and Marilyn Friedman as W. Alton JOnes Chair in Philosophy.

The article announces the appointment of Renee Hobbs as inaugural director of the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island.

The article announces the appointment of Ingrid Mattson as London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies at Huron University College in London, Ontario.

The article features University of Greenwich vice-chancellor Baroness Tessa Blackstone of England, who shares her opinions on the higher education reforms of the British coalition government. She cites the importance of research to universities and criticizes the plan for research funding. According to Blackstone, sustaining quality across the system will increase the number of overseas students.

The article announces several appointments including Karla Carney-Hall as dean of students and vice president of student affairs at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois and Renee Hampton as dean of student life at Columbus State Community College in Ohio.

The article announces several appointments including Youlanda Copeland-Morgan as vice chancellor of enrollment management at the University of California at Los Angeles, California, Sharon Stahl as associate vice chancellor for students and dean of the First Year Center at Washington University in St. Louis, Washington and Paige Atkins as vice president for cyber and information technology research at the Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation.

The article announces the resignation of Ann Weaver Hart as Temple University in Philadelphia president.

The article announces the appointment of Susan King as the dean of University of North Carolina's School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

The article announces the resignation of Emily A. Spieler as School of Law dean at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.

The article announces the appointments of Amy Howell as University of Connecticut's chemistry department chair and Lynn M. Shore as department of management chairman of San Diego State University.

The article announces that former Pennsylvania State University dean of Graduate School Eva J. Pell has been recognized by naming its new building, the Eva J. Pell Laboratory for Advance Biological Research.

The article announces several career changes of women in higer education including doctor Melissa Denardo's appointment as provost and vice president (VP) for learning and student success at Community College of Beaver County in Pennsylvania, Rebecca Eckstein's appointment as VP for enrollment at Ohio Wesleyan University, and Kathryn Rand's appointment from interim to dean of the school of law at University of North Dakota.

The article offers information on a new study released in March 2011 which shows that the number of female faculty members in schools of engineering and science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has nearly doubled in the last decade. According to the study, which was released just before the academic symposium "Leaders in Science and Engineering: The Women of MIT," those women also report a better experience at the Institute.

The article announces that Linda Chastang was appointed the Special Advisor to the Chairman of the President's Board of Advisors on historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Patty Raube Keller was appointed the Athletic Director of Camden County College, and Irma Becerra-Fernandez was appointed Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at Florida International University.

The article features Patricia Lessane, director of the Avery Research Center of the College of Charleston, including her love for art, her fashion sense and her jewelry collection.

The article features Capella University of Minneapolis, Minnesota along with information about its provost and vice president of academic affairs, Deborah J. Bushway. The university offers innovative learning avenue and comprehensive teaching method to ensure the acquisition of knowledge among its students. On the other hand, Bushway, as an administrator of the university, nurtures academic quality and educational standards.

The article offers information regarding the history of women in the student affairs offices of various universities and colleges in the U.S. since the 19th century

The article reports on a study by the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI) which found that universities and colleges having female leaders increases the number of women faculty. A Cornell study on college governing boards found that the number of women on boards increased between 1981 and 2007. Further information regarding women on governing boards and women faculty is presented.

The article features Julie Lyndon, vice-chancellor of the University of Glamorgan. Lyndon is the first female vice-chancellor in Wales and will replace David Halton in 2010. She took up economics at Wolverhampton Polytechnic. Her professional career began in 1975 when she was hired by the firm TI Group. Her educational career include as associate dean at the University of Wolverhampton's Business School and as assistant vice-chancellor at the University of the West of England. She is expecting to finish her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 2010.

The article announces the appointment of Petra Wend as head of Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The article discusses the strategies of Marguerite Dennis, vice president of enrollment and international programs at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts, on how to organize her schedule. Dennis has a daily and monthly tickler to easily access her papers. She allocates one to two hours everyday in reading electronic mails and reports. In addition, she reads the reports while traveling in trains and airplanes.

The article features the survey conducted by Larry Abele, provost and chief academic officer at Florida State University, on the rising number of women provosts in Florida. It was found that since 1990, the percentage of women chief academic officers increased, wherein it augmented from 11.7 percent in the said year to 34 percent in 2008.

The article profiles Stella Mbubaegbu, Great Britain's first black female college principal, who was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 Queen's New Year honours. Mbubaegbu has been principal of Highbury College in Portsmouth, England, for six years. She is known for having improved social inclusion at Highbury, for encouraging employee participation in decision making, and for setting and working toward a clear vision for the college.

The article reports on the appointment of Astrid Merget as executive vice chancellor and provost of the Louisiana State University in New Orleans. Merget will assume her new position on August 1, 2005. Her experience include being a former director of the School of Public Policy and Management at the Ohio State University.

The article focuses on the life and career of Drew Gilpin Faust, the first female president of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Reportedly, Faust's tasks as academic administrator include placating the faculty, making a Harvard education relevant, and underwriting students who can't afford the tuition. The author comments that Faust's presence provides a positive message to young students.