Participants heard from several women presidents who described their career paths. And we talked about lots of different things. Participants spend most of their days and some of their evenings in the classroom, hearing about issues ranging from corporate universities to the decline of the traditional student. There were high-level women, faculty, and people just beginning their careers. . . . One looked like a grandmother, while others were very different.
Parents complain about tuition while states support higher education less and less.
It helps to understand the squeeze. The Summer Institute was established twenty-four years ago to improve the status of women at the middle and executive levels of higher education administration, levels at which women traditionally have been underrepresented. Participants learn skills and information relating to the management and governance of colleges and universities. The Summer Institute seeks to build a network of women administrators who are committed to working together and supporting each other to expand opportunities for women in higher education. For several years, Michigan Tech has been sending two female MTU employees to the annual institute.