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Voices of Women College Presidents : Women's Perceptions of Career Navigation into the College Presidency / Christine Mahady.
- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Mahady, Christine, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational leadership.
- Gender studies.
- Educational administration.
- Educational and Organizational Leadership--Penn dissertations.
- Penn dissertations--Educational and Organizational Leadership.
- Local Subjects:
- Educational leadership.
- Gender studies.
- Educational administration.
- Educational and Organizational Leadership--Penn dissertations.
- Penn dissertations--Educational and Organizational Leadership.
- Genre:
- Academic theses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (168 pages)
- Contained In:
- Dissertation Abstracts International 80-01A(E).
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]: University of Pennsylvania ; Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- Institutions of higher education have a glass ceiling: women are underrepresented in the college presidency with 30% of college presidents as women, 83% white and 17% women of color. By nature, the culture of higher education has been traditionally male centered, with female professors and researchers struggling to advance in their careers. Contributing factors that may lead to the lack of women college presidents may be linked to long-held systemic views of women and gender biases that create barriers in career advancement. The objective of this qualitative study is to explore the ways in which women, from their perceptions, navigated opportunities and managed obstacles as they advanced into the college presidency. For the women who did advance to the highest level of leadership in IHE---the college presidency---what did they experience as they advanced in their career, and what enabled them to navigate the system and transcend the barriers? Qualitative data were analyzed using an inductive thematic analysis process through convergent and divergent coding tools. Four key findings emerged from this study: (1) Women were intelligent, talented, successful, savvy, and brave; (2) Servant Leadership; (3) Gender Fluid Characteristics; and (4) Support and Well-Being for current college presidents. This study offers an increased awareness of barriers that are limiting women from progressing to the college presidency in institutions of higher education. It also offers an increased awareness of the phenomenology of women college presidents and the ways that they managed obstacles and took advantage of opportunities as they advanced in their careers.
- Notes:
- Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 80-01(E), Section: A.
- Advisors: Annie McKee; Committee members: Earl Ball; Mary Ann Gawelek.
- Department: Educational and Organizational Leadership.
- Ed.D. University of Pennsylvania 2018.
- Local Notes:
- School code: 0175
- ISBN:
- 9780438339309
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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