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Chasing Equal: Examining Perceived Barriers of Black Women Aspiring to the Superintendency in Alabama
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Marie Nicole Feagins – ProQuest LLC, 2020
As school districts become increasingly racially diverse, minorities remain practically invisible in the role of superintendent; specifically, Black women. Historical analysis depicts the superintendency as a White male-dominated position and highlights significant challenges experienced by women in the field. Literature available on the topic of…
Descriptors: Barriers, Superintendents, Occupational Aspiration, Employed Women
To Comply or Not to Comply?: That Is Not the Question: A Multi-Content Analysis of Title IX Policies at Historically Black Land Grant Universities
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Shanita L. Pettaway – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) enforces, among other statutes, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. While Title IX is directed towards the prevention of discrimination in collegiate athletics, Title IX does not explicitly remedy only issues in college athletics. Rather, the statute's heart is a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Black Colleges
The Road to the Presidency: A Case Study of HBCU Organizational Culture and Its Impact on the Career Progression of Women of Color
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Smith, Akai Crystal – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The American workforce is currently experiencing an increased level of diversity in comparison to previous decades due to augmented representation of people of different races, socio-economic backgrounds and genders across sectors (Warner, 2014). However, there is one variable that has remained largely unchanged, the underrepresentation of African…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Organizational Culture, Career Development, College Faculty
An Examination of Gender and Occupational Training on Grade Point Averages of Postsecondary Career Technical Education Graduates in Alabama
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McCall, Teresa Watson – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Career technical education programs are viewed as an essential resource to addressing the economic and workforce development needs in the State of Alabama. The primary impetus for this study is to determine whether students attending postsecondary career technical education programs in Alabama were adequately trained to secure employment in…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Postsecondary Education, Employment Qualifications, Job Skills