03538nam 2200589 a 450 991081064660332120200520144314.01-00-344629-91-000-97419-71-003-44629-91-57922-832-1(CKB)2670000000232128(EBL)987043(OCoLC)806206337(SSID)ssj0000738697(PQKBManifestationID)12287897(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000738697(PQKBWorkID)10673084(PQKB)10798933(Au-PeEL)EBL987043(CaPaEBR)ebr10583856(MiAaPQ)EBC987043(EXLCZ)99267000000023212820120202d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPathways to higher education administration for African American women[electronic resource] /edited by Tamara Bertrand Jones ... [et al.] ; foreword by Johnetta Cross Brazzell1st ed.Sterling, Va. Stylus20121 online resource (166 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57922-249-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 1. EXISTING PATHWAYS: A Historical Overview of Black Women in Higher Education Administration; 2. ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR THE LEADERSHIP PATH; 3. DIRECTION ALONG THE PATH: Mentoring and Black Female Administrators; 4. SERVICE ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE PATHWAY; 5. LEVELING THE PATHWAY: Balancing Work and Family; 6. INFLUENCING PATHWAYS: African American Administrators as Effective Mentors to African American Students; 7. THE COMMUNITY-ENGAGED PROFESSIONAL: Nurturing Your Passion on the Academic Path8. THE TIES THAT BIND: Pathways to Student Affairs and Academic Affairs Administration9. DECISIONS TO MAKE (OR NOT) ALONG THE CAREER PATH; 10. HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OR PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTION?: Choosing Your Institutional Path; 11. THE PATHWAY TO YOUR DREAMS IN ACADEMIA: Seven Practical Considerations; 12. CONNECTING THE PATHS: Guiding Institutions and Administrators Into the Future; APPENDIX; ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; YFor Black women faculty members, as well as academic and student affairs administrators, this book delineates the skills needed, and the range of possible pathways, for attaining administrative positions in higher education. Through the use of a specially commissioned survey, this book begins by identifying the skills and knowledge that Black women administrators report as most critical at different stages of their careers, as a foundation for the personal narratives of individual administrators' career progressions. The contributors address barriers, strategies, and the comparative merits ofAfrican American women college administratorsEducational leadershipUnited StatesAfrican American women college administrators.Educational leadership378.1/11Jones Tamara Bertrand1688523MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810646603321Pathways to higher education administration for African American women4062825UNINA