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Black Females' Lived Experiences in Obtaining and Maintaining High School Principal Positions
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Joy Cherrelle Avery – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Roles such as principal and superintendent are politically positioned to affect policy and are seen as a steppingstone to the school district administration. In the United States of America, Black women are few in leadership positions. In the 2019-2020 school year there were approximately 1,662 public high school principals in the State of Texas…
Descriptors: Females, Blacks, African Americans, Principals
IDRA Newsletter. Volume 46, No. 2
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Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2019
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The theme of this issue is "Purposeful Governance." Contents include: (1) New IDRA CEO Carries on IDRA's…
Descriptors: Governance, Educational Policy, Futures (of Society), Sex Fairness
Who Should Be Our Leader? Examining Female Representation in the Principalship across Geographic Locales in Texas Public Schools
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Fuller, Edward J.; Pendola, Andrew; LeMay, Marie – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2018
Since the 1970s, there has been keen interest in examining gender representation in leadership positions across various areas of employment, including K-12 education. Indeed, there have been long-standing concerns about the percentage of women principals. Few studies, however, have examined the percentages of women principals at different…
Descriptors: Principals, Women Administrators, Females, Public Schools
Nurse Educators' Perceptions of Quality in Online Graduate Education as a Credential for Hiring Nursing Faculty
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Post, Jerri L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The problem explored in this study focused on the attitudes of nurse educators toward online degrees in relation to hiring practices. With the proliferation of online courses and degrees, research has shown that the acceptability of online degrees has become a concern for graduates of online programs seeking jobs and for potential employers. A…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Teacher Educators, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Quality
The Current Women Superintendents in Texas: Still in the Minority
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Sampson, Pauline; Davenport, Marie – Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 2010
The superintendent is the highest ranking administrator in a school district (Katz, 2005). Despite increasing trends of women advancing in the fields of business and government, the superintendent position in school districts still has relatively few women (Brunner & Grogan, 2007; Dana & Bourisaw, 2006; Glass, 2000; Grogan & Brunner,…
Descriptors: Females, School Districts, Women Administrators, Superintendents
Shining Lonely Stars? Career Patterns of Rural Texas Female Administrators
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Wallin, Dawn C. – Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 2005
This paper stems from research that examined the impact of the rural context upon the career patterns of women educational administrators in rural public school districts in the state of Texas. The study examined two pertinent issues for women in rural education: (a) the nature of rural communities and its relationship to female career paths in…
Descriptors: Females, Educational Administration, Rural Areas, Women Administrators