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1415 Murfreesboro Road, Suite
350
Nashville, TN 37217
Phone (615) 366-4400 Fax (615) 366-4464
Press Release
PRESS RELEASE CONTACT:
Mary Morgan
615.366.4414
Board of Regents Appoints Two Women
to University Presidencies
Tennessee Now Leads South in Percentage of Women as Presidents of Public Four-Year Institutions
Nashville, Tennessee, January 30, 2001 - With today's appointments of Dr. Sherry Hoppe as president of Austin Peay State University and Dr. Shirley Raines as president of the University of Memphis, Tennessee now has the highest percentage in the southern states of women leading its public universities. These appointments mean that one-third of the universities in the Tennessee Board of Regents system and 20% of the public universities statewide (including the University of Tennessee system, whose presidents are all male) will now have women as presidents. According to officials at the Southern Regional Education Board, this gives Tennessee the highest percentage of women presidents of public four-year institutions in the 16 SREB states.
Dr. Hoppe and Dr. Raines also join relatively elite ranks nationwide. While significant progress has been made in recent years in appointing women to the top academic jobs, women still account for less than one-fifth of all college presidents. According to the American Council on Education, only 13.2% of all doctorate-granting institutions, such as the University of Memphis, have women presidents. Among institutions granting master's degrees, such as Austin Peay State University, 18.7% of the presidents are women.
In making the appointments, Chancellor Charles Manning of the Tennessee Board of Regents said, "While gender was not a factor in my decision making process, I am certainly pleased that we are helping to shatter the glass ceiling for women in higher education. Dr. Hoppe and Dr. Raines both are clearly well qualified to lead major universities, and I'm pleased they decided to do so in the state of Tennessee."
Press releases on both Dr. Hoppe and Dr. Raines are available at this site or from the Board's central office.
The Tennessee Board of Regents is the nation's sixth largest higher education system, governing 45 post-secondary educational institutions. The TBR system includes six universities, 13 two-year colleges and 26 technology centers, providing programs to over 180,000 students in 90 of Tennessee's 95 counties.
