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World of Work, 1998
Despite some progress, women still hold less than 5% of top corporate jobs worldwide and nearly always earn less. Women's share of management jobs rarely exceeds 20% in a cross-national comparison. (JOW)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personnel Management, Promotion (Occupational), Women Administrators
Hammond, Jan; Muffs, Michael; Sciascia, Susan – Principal, 2001
Documents nationwide shortage of school principals, offers some reasons for the shortage, and suggests solutions based on district in-house development of women and minorities teachers for the principalship and the retention of veteran principals. (PKP)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Principals, Recruitment, Retirement

Sanders, Kimberly Wallace; Mellow, Gail O. – Initiatives, 1990
Presents case study about unsuccessful effort to hire and retain young black woman as administrator on permanent basis at New England university. Outlines how marginalization of feminist agenda, tendency to pigeonhole black women, and rigidity of bureaucratic university structures create formidable barriers to diversity. Argues that linear and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Case Studies, Educational Administration, Females
Morris, Betsy – Fortune, 1995
Describes how women executives in their 40s and 50s are finding the corporate workplace less than fulfilling and are making major life changes. (JOW)
Descriptors: Career Change, Females, Job Satisfaction, Middle Aged Adults

Abney, Robertha; Richey, Dorothy L. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1992
Examines whether Title IX has enhanced or hindered quality for three groups of minority females in sports (ethnic, disabled, and mature). The article discusses opportunities they have in sports and makes recommendations for continued participation and employment in athletic leadership positions. (SM)
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, College Athletics, Disabilities, Employed Women
Lyman, Linda L. – 1993
This paper reports on an evaluation of the effectiveness of a graduate seminar on "Women and Leadership" attended by 18 participants during the 1992 winter interim at Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois. The course was based on theoretical assumptions from the literature about leadership and about women's development. The three major…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 1991
This report addresses the issues of underrepresentation and equity involving women in Texas colleges and universities. These issues include the numbers of women administrators and faculty, salary and compensation differentials, recruitment and retention of women in faculty and administrative ranks, the climate for women in higher education, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Employment Level