This study applied a positive-psychological approach to examining childcare directors' role in maintaining the stability of their staff from the caregivers' and directors' points of view. Most of the childcare centers in Israel are characterized by high burnout and turnover of staff members. Nevertheless, some teams stay stable, and turnover is…

The purpose of this study was to examine the identity negotiation/shifting experiences of Black women multicultural center administrators as an outsider-within at historically white institutions in the United States. I used a critical lens to explore how eleven Black women multicultural center administrators described their identity…

Building on the multidimensional framework of campus racial climate (Hurtado et al., 1998) and the conceptualization of Black feminism in qualitative inquiry (Evans-Winters, 2019), this study explored how Black undergraduate women attending predominantly White institutions (PWIs) described their inclusive institutional experiences with…

Colleges and universities are seen as sites for harnessing for the common good the challenges and opportunities associated with diversity. Research supports the link of diversity experiences with a range of individual, institutional, and societal benefits. Contemporary models of operationalizing diversity on college campuses focus on the…

This article analyses career trajectories into university management in Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom (UK), skills required to operate effectively and the power of vice-chancellors (VCs) and their impact on the gendered shaping of university leadership. It is based on qualitative research with 56 male and female senior managers.…

Within the last twenty years, some educational researchers initiated an emphasis to study the accomplishments and contributions of African-American women in higher education. Although they were marginally recognized, some African-American women forged into uncharted territories by providing examples of administrative leadership in post-secondary…

Today, the student affairs profession values the diversity of race, class, and gender in their educational mission. However, the profession's growing respect for pluralism demands a more inclusive history. This article is one academic measure toward creating a contextualized and nuanced history of the development of the field as it was impacted by…

The psychological barriers that hamper women in academe and the role that top administrators play in reinforcing these barriers are discussed. (Editor/PG)

Mary Berry, the new provost at the University of Maryland, discusses her problems and future prospects as being one of the highest ranking black women academics in the U.S. (Author/PG)

Studies show that not only have women been highly capable administrators, but that experts, supervisors, and teachers have rated "feminine" types of behaviors as more effective for principals than "masculine" behaviors. (Author/IRT)

The chapters in this collection provide the history of women administrators in higher education and explore a number of current topics, including the controversies surrounding women's education, the contributions of female college presidents, the growth and development of deans of women, and the dilemmas faced by many women administrators.…

A discussion of the traditional role of college student personnel in oppressing college women and how this might be changed. Prepared for the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Southwest Association of Student Personnel Administrators. (Author)

Study seeks to identify issues and concerns of African-American female administrator in middle management positions at one predominantly white university. Provides information about how these administrators envision their responsibility to themselves, their clientele, and the university community, and suggests avenues for research. (Contains 23…

Jacquelyn Mattfeld, Associate Provost and Dean of Academic Affairs at Brown University has a dual role to play, that of Provost and Dean, and that of the university conscience involving women. (Author/PG)

The author states that there are differences in the ways male and female administrators spend their time, in the ways they interact day to day, in the priorities that guide their actions, in the perceptions of them by others, and in the satisfaction they derive from their work. (CT)