"Ashley" = wealthy female student

[Mullins, Bill]

See:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/05/11/phantom

"And the Phantom Professor didn't just report, but added plenty of wry
commentary, especially about dealing with wealthy students at SMU.
Phantom called the wealthy female students "Ashleys" and didn't hold
back the sarcasm about them, sometimes noting whether a student she was
discussing in a posting was or was not an "Ashley." "