center directors at institutions across the country on how best to build a women's center that can improve the quality of women's experiences in college. The best centers aid universities and colleges in responding to particularly difficult challenges in higher education related to gender. Practical information is included on specific programs, providing an overview of successful centers. The institutional environments examined are diverse, ranging from research universities to community colleges, from large state-supported land grant institutions to small private liberal arts colleges.  (less)

K-12 schools. They emphasize that the goals and conditions for teacher preparation differ from larger public institutions in several key respects including supervisor-student teacher relationships, philosophical foundations, and approaches to clinical fieldwork. Taken together, the essays provide compelling evidence that educational studies programs in liberal arts colleges and universities constitute a vital component of the teacher education system in the United States.  (less)

effectively navigate this change in tactics.This book is intended to serve as a road map for strategy creation and execution for leaders and decision makers who, by choice or by necessity, are looking to use strategy to optimize the development of their institutions. It is the first book of its kind to focus exclusively on strategy as it applies to postsecondary education. As the authors explain, strategy is a systematic way of positioning an institution within a context of community stakeholders. In today's competitive environment, higher education leaders must become adept at differentiating their institutions from competitors to obtain the resources necessary for growth and sustainable advantage. The book begins by explaining the concept of strategy and its application. The authors describe the evolution of modern strategy and how it is has been applied and developed by strategy theorists and practitioners. The book also explores how strategy is shaped by critical factors related to the mission, control and culture of the institution. For example, strategy that is appropriate in a liberal arts college may be completely inappropriate for community college or a teaching university. Real-world cases are employed to illustrate the applications of strategy in three different settings: a private liberal arts college, a comprehensive public institution, and a special purpose institution. The last section moves to the hands-on world of strategy formulation and implementation inside the institution. The authors end with an outline of key concepts for building a plan for implementing strategy and provide a framework for evaluating its impact.  (less)

The Penguin Book of International Women's Stories and The Best American Short Stories of the Century, edited by John Updike. ""You're Ugly, Too"" was Moore's first story to find a home in the New Yorker, the magazine considered by many to be the pre-eminent publication for new fiction. According to Don Lee, writing in Ploughshares, the story also had the distinction of causing a bit of a stir in the magazine's editorial offices. With the ""turgidity"" of long-time editor William Shaw still gripping the venerable ""institution,"" New Yorker editors pointed out to Moore several ""vulgarities"" of the writing process she had committed in the story. ""All through the editing process, they said, 'Oooh, we're breaking so many rules with this,""' Lee quotes Moore as saying. Acclaimed for the cutting sarcasm and wit that Moore has come to be known for, ""You're Ugly, Too"" tells the story of Zoë' Hendricks, an unmarried history professor who lives alone in the small Midwestern town of Paris, Illinois, and teaches in the local liberal arts college; the story examines her relationships with men, her students, her sister and, in general, her life...."  (less)

of Exhibitions at the Museum for African Art in New York, as a visiting professor this past fall. Herreman taught an undergraduate seminar on museum studies and assembled an exhibition of African art for the University. The course encompassed an introduction to the arts of Africa and a step-by-step study of the process of creating an exhibition and publication. Students examined the history of collecting and exhibiting African art objects in American and European institutions, engaged in critical comparative analysis of past and contemporary museum installations, visited a number of key public and private collections in the region, and contributed significantly to the research and composition of object and informative didactics. Students put classroom theory into practice with the creation of this exhibition and publication. Through the collaboration with The Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the generous support of private lenders, the exhibition included forty-one extraordinary examples of figurative traditions from across sub-Saharan Africa which are reproduced in the publication. The exhibition was featured in a major article in the Spring 2006 edition of Tribal Art magazine, an international publication devoted to non-Western art. The Minneapolis Star Tribune also reviewed the exhibition in a January 6th article. Icons of Perfection: Figurative Sculpture from Africa was edited by Alisa McCusker and MacKenzie Moon, and includes an introduction by Chair of the Department of Studio Arts and Art History and Director of Exhibitions Leonardo Lasansky and an essay by Visiting Professor Frank Herreman. Didactic information was contributed by museum seminar students, Aryn Ar@G(õÂ? ÿ¾Û€  (less)