TY - CHAP AB - This chapter examines the lack of diversification in higher education administration and specifically focuses on the scarcity of women of color in formal, high-level positions of leadership at predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) in the United States. Four main questions fuel the discussion: (1) What theoretical definitions are useful for understanding the social constructed meanings of women of color? (2) How does the concept of stereotypes contribute to the underrepresentation of women of color in higher education administration? (3) How do leadership paradigms and subsequent theories influence perceptions of leadership? and (4) What leadership paradigms and theories better address the exclusion of women of color from decision-making positions of leadership in higher education and therefore take into consideration dimensions of diversity and the changing face of leadership? VL - 10 SN - 978-1-78052-182-4, 978-1-78052-181-7/1479-3644 DO - 10.1108/S1479-3644(2011)0000010005 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3644(2011)0000010005 AU - Lloyd-Jones Brenda ED - Gaƫtane Jean-Marie ED - Brenda Lloyd-Jones PY - 2011 Y1 - 2011/01/01 TI - Chapter 1 Diversification in Higher Education Administration: Leadership Paradigms Reconsidered T2 - Women of Color in Higher Education: Changing Directions and New Perspectives T3 - Diversity in Higher Education PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 3 EP - 18 Y2 - 2024/04/18 ER -