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The following bibliography offers resource information for women interested in pursuing mid- and senior-level positions.

Aguirre, Alberto Jr. Women and Minority Faculty in the Academic Workplace. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report Series 27:6. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000.

Particularly useful for policy makers in higher education administration and all others interested in improving the workplace in academia. Examines how women and minority faculty fit in the academic culture. Synthesizes ten years of research about issues impacting the environment for minorities and women, with new dimensions to understanding the issues through examining professional socialization and tenure for minority and women faculty.
Chliwniak, Luba. Higher Education Leadership: Analyzing the Gender Gap. Vol. 25, No. 4. Washington, DC: The George Washington University, 1997.

Explores women’s place in higher education institutions historically and currently. Describes the status of women on campuses and in leadership roles; persistence factors and institutional contexts; and factors influencing evaluations of leaders and leadership modes. Provides an analysis of individual, organizational and societal conceptualizations of leadership.
Collins, Lynn H., Joan C. Chrisler, and Kathryn Quina, eds. Career Strategies for Women in Academe: Arming Athena. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1998.

Addresses the pitfalls for women in higher education professions and provides advice on how to handle difficult situations. A collection of essays and chapters by different authors, including success stories and cautionary tales, offering encouragement to those who persevere in their pursuit of an academic career. Explores such issues as the current status of women, subtle forms of sex discrimination, women’s roles and career decisions, women in leadership, and the need for women to take charge by addressing time management issues and reducing role ambiguity.
Eggins, Heather, ed. Women as Leaders and Managers in Higher Education. Philadelphia: Society for Research into Higher Education and Open University Press, 1997.

Recognizes the special problems women leaders in academia face, including educating new generations to a broader understanding of women’s roles and shaping women’s roles in traditionally male-dominated cultures. Supports the awareness that institutional cultures and organizations’ styles are at the heart of the struggle for equal opportunities. Provides a context for leadership, women and higher education, and then presents case studies on senior academic women.
Glazer-Raymo, Judith. Shattering the Myths: Women in Academe. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.

A feminist study of women’s progress in higher education since the 1970s. Draws on the experiences of women faculty and administrators as they articulate and reflect on the social, economic, political and ideological contexts in which they work and the multiple influences on their professional and personal lives. The author concludes that the corporatization of the university is creating new obstacles that deter women’s full participation.
Gregory, Sheila T. Black Women in the Academy: The Secrets to Success and Achievement. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1995.

A study conducted on the experiences of Black women faculty in higher education that examines their career satisfaction and career mobility, as well as numerous other factors that influence their career paths and decisions.
Hartman, Mary S., ed. Talking Leadership: Conversations with Powerful Women. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1999.

Explores why and how women lead. Analyzes the barriers women face, and describes how these selected women leaders addressed them. Includes contributions from Patricia Schroeder, Ruth Simmons, Christine Todd Whitman and numerous others.
Mabokela, Reitumetse Obakeng and Anna L. Green, eds. Sisters of the Academy: Emergent Black Women Scholars in Higher Education. Sterling, VA: Stylus, 2001.

A collection of research papers and personal narratives from Black women in higher education. Contributions—which range from historical accounts of Black female teachers in the 19^th century to challenges and triumphs of being an activist researcher at the turn of the 21^st century—address specific historical, social, cultural, political and academic issues that affect Black women in the academy.
Ndiffer, Jana and Carolyn Terry Bradshaw, eds. Women Administrators in Higher Education: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001.

Combines historical, quantitative and theoretical studies to illuminate the historical foundations of contemporary dilemmas, current realities and controversies. Areas of discussion are: women’s education, contributions of religious and lay women presidents and their use of power, the relationship of emerging leadership theory to women, the growth and development of deans of women, the role of women’s professional organizations, and the particular questions and quandries faced by provosts and physical education and student affairs staff. Combination of historical and practical research links the past with the present as the future is contemplated.
Solomon, Barbara M. In the Company of Educated Women: A History of Women and Higher Education in America. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986.

The fascinating story of progress and setbacks for women in higher education over the last 125 years. A highly readable history that includes many quotations revealing the skepticism about the worth of educating women.
Sturnick, Judith A., Jane E. Milley, and Catherine A. Tisinger, eds. Women at the Helm: Pathfinding Presidents at State Colleges and Universities. Washington, DC: American Association of State Colleges and Universities Press, 1991.

A collection of essays revealing women’s perspectives on leadership and the job of president. Explores the reality of day to day experiences of female presidents striving to achieve important goals by answering the questions: What is it like to be in charge? How does a woman get there? How can the special strengths of being female serve a role in society traditionally seen as male-dominated?
Tidball, M. Elizabeth, Daryl G. Smith, Charles S. Tidball, and Lisa E. Wolf-Wendel. Taking Women Seriously: Lessons and Legacies for Educating the Majority. Phoenix, AZ: American Council on Education/Oryx Press, 1999.

Illuminates why women’s colleges continue to produce graduates with higher career achievement than that of their co-ed peers. Through history, social theory, statistical analysis and case studies, documents the qualities and programs of these colleges that appear related to producing accomplished, achieving graduates. The purpose is not to claim that women’s colleges are better; rather, it suggests that educators at all institutions can enhance their efforts to provide equitable opportunities for all. The lessons bespeak taking women seriously, making the case that all women associated with a college or university must be supported, encouraged and empowered in order for women students to flourish.
Valian, Virginia. Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998.

Well-researched work on gender schemas that bias perceptions of women’s performance in the workplace, thus translating into their accumulative career disadvantages.
Walton, Karen Doyle, ed. Against the Tide: Career Paths of Women Leaders in American and British Higher Education. Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 1996.

Ten American and ten British women leaders of colleges and universities tell about swimming against the tide of male leadership that can limit career opportunities for women in academe. Contributors include Pauline Perry, Carol A. Cartwright, Vera King Farris, Carol C. Harter, Mary Patterson McPherson, Judith A. Sturnick and others.
Wenniger, Mary Dee and Mary Helen Conroy, eds. Gender Equity or Bust! On the Road to Campus Leadership with Women in Higher Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001.

A compendium of lively, hard-hitting articles from the newsletter Women in Higher Education. A blend of serious commentary, research results and practical advice with cynical humor. The editors have compiled articles that demonstrate progress for women as well as effective strategies employed by women who have changed the academy. Other topics include women’s leadership and management styles, valuing the self, sex and sexuality, and institutional politics.

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