Interviewed 13 white and 5 African American female administrators from secondary schools and central offices. Found that subjects' personal and work-related lives reflected historical changes in women's history and its relationship to education. Both races were heavily influenced by their own culture's traditional definitions of womanhood. (NB)

African American women administrators can be effective mentors because they bring to their jobs a unique and diverse perspective both as women and minorities. Important benefits from African American women mentors for the academic community are reviewed. Formal, informal, and peer mentoring, and women mentors' experiences are discussed. (EMK)

Explores how women managers construct their career paths, how they negotiate the demands of their professional and personal lives, and how being a woman impacts career development. Results indicate very little gender awareness among the women interviewed despite the experiences of gender discrimination experienced in their careers. (GCP)

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…

Presents highlights from interview with Gloria Scott, president of Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina. Scott identifies six critical elements of leadership and outlines experiences and challenges that a woman should seek and master in preparing for college presidency or other senior-level position. (NB)

Considers differences between men and women and how differences might affect women's success and satisfaction in higher education administration or other corporate structures. Identifies four gender differences that may work to discourage women from administrative positions. (NB)

Discusses the development of the National Association for Women in Education. Former incarnations include the National Association of Deans of Women (1916-1956), the National Association of Women Deans and Counselors (1956-1973), and the National Association of/for Women Deans, Administrators and Counselors (1973-1991). The association is…

Attempted to retrieve facts about black women in higher education administration at predominantly white universities. Interviewed 20 female administrators at City University of New York concerning role models, career choices, challenges and rewards, and future plans. Most were not planning to be in administration 10 years from now. (NB)

Considers how nonprofit organizations might look to administrators and faculty of colleges and universities for potential board members. Focuses on women in academic life vis-a-vis the nonprofit sector, since gender-specific issues must be addressed. Urges women in higher education to focus attention on need of nonprofit boards for their expertise…

Examines women's lack of access to the informal systems of career advancement used by men to reach the highest leadership positions in education. Explores mentoring as a way to assist female administrators, and discusses the mentor-protege relationship, the values and drawbacks of mentoring, and how to acquire mentors. (EMK)

Explores circumstances and themes in which American Indian female administrators perceive dissonance in their work environment. Problems of organization, morale, and role modeling behavior were revealed. Respondents indicated that certain aspects of their culture conflicted with the role of supervisor, that male supervisors saw females as clerical…

Contends that community colleges need to make full use of leadership talents and capabilities of women and persons of color. Identifies key challenge facing community colleges in 1990s is to develop leadership teams that represent diversity of their students and community constituents. (NB)

Chronicles the emergence of deans of women with emphasis on the growth of the profession in the 1930s in spite of economic hardships. Deans of women set the standards for professionalism in student services by establishing graduate training, research, a professional literature, and a model of service to others. (EMK)

Examines the leadership styles of seven women college presidents and the perceptions of faculty who interact with them. The presidents described their style, for the most part, as participatory, collaborative, open. The majority of other faculty described their style as hierarchical, entrepreneurial, task-oriented. Explores this discrepancy in…

Young was the first woman to head a large city school system, the first woman to serve as head of a large teachers college, and the first woman president of the National Education Association. Her visionary accomplishments offer inspiration for current women administrators to continue in the quest to improve education. (LSR)