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Building Bridges for Women of Color in Higher Education
A Practical Guide to Success
Building Bridges for Women of Color in Higher Education
A Practical Guide to Success
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This work is designed to create a forum for synthesizing collective voices from women of color in academia. It will serve as a professional development tool for academicians, both embarking upon and maintaining careers in higher education. Filled with dynamic women of color sharing one of their most valuable resources, their experience, the authors mentor the reader by discussing practical lessons and mapping career path strategies.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 List of Tables
Chapter 2 List of Charts
Chapter 3 Foreword
Chapter 4 Acknowledgments
Chapter 5 Introduction: Building Bridges
Chapter 6 Road to the Presidency: Women of Color Assuming Leadership Roles in the Academy: African-American Female College Presidents' Career Paths; The Road Less Traveled; From Sorrow Valley to the Presidency; The Accidental Presidency; Road to the Presidenc
Chapter 7 Climatizing Faculty and Administrative Roles: Exploring the Nuances of Minority Serving Institutions and Predominately White Institutions: Black for 31 Years: Nuances; Perceptions of Minority Women Employed by a State System of Higher Education; Bur
Chapter 8 The Department Chair Dichotomy: Balancing Faculty and Administration: Confessions of an Acting Chair; In the Middle of the Vanguard: Women of Color Bridging Roles as Faculty; The Challenges of Chairing the Academic Department
Chapter 9 Wading in the Water: Negotiating the Tenure Process: The Slippery Slope of Student Evaluations for Back Women Faculty; Negotiating the Tenure Process; Lessons from African American Faculty Women: Practical Strategies to Securing Tenure; Finding Calm
Chapter 10 Putting Our Words to Practice: Using Competitive Strategic Planning to Guide You on the Higher Education Ladder of Success
Chapter 11 Conclusion: Coming Together to Build this Bridge
Chapter 12 Tables
Chapter 13 Charts
Chapter 14 Appendix 1: Resources and Conference Information
Chapter 15 Appendix 2: Road to the Presidency
Chapter 16 Appendix 3: Women of Color Presidents [Past and Present]
Chapter 17 Index
Chapter 18 Contributors
Chapter 2 List of Charts
Chapter 3 Foreword
Chapter 4 Acknowledgments
Chapter 5 Introduction: Building Bridges
Chapter 6 Road to the Presidency: Women of Color Assuming Leadership Roles in the Academy: African-American Female College Presidents' Career Paths; The Road Less Traveled; From Sorrow Valley to the Presidency; The Accidental Presidency; Road to the Presidenc
Chapter 7 Climatizing Faculty and Administrative Roles: Exploring the Nuances of Minority Serving Institutions and Predominately White Institutions: Black for 31 Years: Nuances; Perceptions of Minority Women Employed by a State System of Higher Education; Bur
Chapter 8 The Department Chair Dichotomy: Balancing Faculty and Administration: Confessions of an Acting Chair; In the Middle of the Vanguard: Women of Color Bridging Roles as Faculty; The Challenges of Chairing the Academic Department
Chapter 9 Wading in the Water: Negotiating the Tenure Process: The Slippery Slope of Student Evaluations for Back Women Faculty; Negotiating the Tenure Process; Lessons from African American Faculty Women: Practical Strategies to Securing Tenure; Finding Calm
Chapter 10 Putting Our Words to Practice: Using Competitive Strategic Planning to Guide You on the Higher Education Ladder of Success
Chapter 11 Conclusion: Coming Together to Build this Bridge
Chapter 12 Tables
Chapter 13 Charts
Chapter 14 Appendix 1: Resources and Conference Information
Chapter 15 Appendix 2: Road to the Presidency
Chapter 16 Appendix 3: Women of Color Presidents [Past and Present]
Chapter 17 Index
Chapter 18 Contributors
Product details
| Published | Sep 02 2004 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 278 |
| ISBN | 9780761827856 |
| Imprint | University Press of America |
| Dimensions | 213 x 171 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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