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Meridith A. Balas – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This feminist-centered, narrative study focuses on the troubling gender gaps in higher education leadership by exploring the career paths and lived experiences of current women administrators at a large, public land-grant institution. This research identifies specific supports and barriers women face throughout their careers that might enable or…
Descriptors: Land Grant Universities, College Administration, Women Administrators, Feminism
Jenkins, Stacey; Bamberry, Larissa; Bridges, Donna; Krivokapic-Skoko, Branka – International Journal of Training Research, 2018
To date, there has been little examination of those who complete training in male-dominated sectors and continue to work in these sectors within regional Australia. Therefore, in this preliminary qualitative study, we examine the attraction and retention issues of women entering male-dominated trades within regional NSW. This paper reports on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Building Trades, Females
Storlie, Cassandra A.; Hilton, Tracy Lara; Duenyas, Deborah; Archer, Robin; Glavin, Kevin – Journal of College Counseling, 2018
The authors collected narrative data from 11 African American female college students at a predominantly White institution using the Career Construction Interview (Savickas & Hartung, 2012), the Future Career Autobiography (Rehfuss, 2009), and a qualitative career experiences questionnaire. Using the constant comparison method (Strauss &…
Descriptors: African American Students, Females, College Students, School Counselors
McKinney Lupton, Monica – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The underrepresentation of women in leadership positions is a growing concern in colleges and universities. This problem is especially evident across four-year degree granting institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This qualitative Delphi study examined the specific problem of the underrepresentation of…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Black Colleges, Women Administrators, Females
Gresham, Gloria; Sampson, Pauline – Athens Journal of Education, 2019
In the United States (U.S.), women are drastically underrepresented in the role of school superintendent. Women who seek the job face overwhelming barriers and exhibit characteristics different from men causing challenges in obtaining the superintendency. In this study, a content analysis was conducted of the 43 U.S. dissertations relating to…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Women Administrators, Disproportionate Representation, Administrator Role
Lipton, Briony – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
This paper examines the reworking of gender in the measured university and the impact this has on gender equality in academia. Neoliberal market rationalities and measurements embedded in academic publishing, funding and promotion have transformed Australian higher education and impacts upon the careers of academic women in ways that are gendered.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Womens Education, Higher Education
Dosunmu, Akinola George; Adeyemo, Kolawole Samuel – Industry and Higher Education, 2018
This article offers insights into the concepts of lifelong learning and human capital development (HCD). It highlights HCD as the core of career advancement and lifelong learning for women as an important mechanism for progressing to senior management positions. The two concepts are considered in relation to women's career choices and their…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Human Capital, Career Development, Telecommunications
Mootry, Felecia L. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Women remain an untapped pool of potential talent for the information technology (IT) workforce. Despite the growing number of women attending college and efforts to increase female representation in the male-dominated field of IT, female representation is minimal. Among women who work in IT, few obtain senior-level leadership positions. As a…
Descriptors: Females, Talent, Information Technology, Labor Force
Foster, Andreia – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The twofold purpose of the study was to (1) identify selected personal and professional characteristics of sitting African American female superintendents in the five Gulf Coast states, and (2) identify perceptions held by sitting African American female superintendents in the five Gulf Coast states related to the importance of selected factors as…
Descriptors: African Americans, Females, Women Administrators, Administrator Attitudes
Griesmer, John R. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Research not only identifies a proportionately small percentage of women superintendents across the country, but also "Old Boys Networks" comprised mostly of White male superintendents and search consultants that can be exclusionary toward women candidates. This study not only examined the influence of existing social capital on women…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Superintendents, Women Administrators, Case Studies
Lindquist, Christine; McKay, Tasseli – RTI International, 2018
In a qualitative study of 40 women faculty in sciences, engineering, and medicine, respondents at all career levels and fields reported a range of sexual harassment experiences, including gender-based harassment (e.g., gendered insults, lewd comments), unwanted sexual advances, stalking, and sexual assault by a colleague. Sexual harassment…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Women Faculty, Females, Science Education
Amos, Yukari Takimoto – Routledge Research in Education, 2018
Using critical race theory and whiteness studies as theoretical frameworks, this book traces two Latina bilingual education teachers in three different professional phases: as paraprofessionals, teacher candidates, and certified teachers. Grounded in a longitudinal case study, this book sheds light on the effects of institutional racism when…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Race, Whites, Hispanic Americans
Grant, Marquis Carter, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
The adaptability of public education is essential for the success of students and education professionals alike. Comprehensive reform that promotes equality and equity in educational spheres can promote adaptability and allow educational institutions and education professionals better longevity. "Emerging Strategies for Public Education…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Public Education, Educational Strategies, Equal Education
Bradley, Linda; Bahous, Rima; Albasa, Ali – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This research project investigates mobile literacy of Syrian refugee women teachers settled in Lebanon and Sweden. Our research provides input into Syrian refugee women teachers' professional aspirations and their connection to informal mobile learning. In both countries, training programs are used for these newly arrived teachers, enabling them…
Descriptors: Literacy, Refugees, Land Settlement, Females
Education Trust-West, 2020
Structural racism and class-based inequities help shape career and educational opportunities for women in the United States. As women make career and education gains, women of color (WOC) do not have access to the same level of opportunity. This report shares findings from interviews with parenting and unhoused WOC who attend the California State…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Social Bias, Females, Career Development