Chapter 1 Diversification in Higher Education Administration: Leadership Paradigms Reconsidered
Women of Color in Higher Education: Changing Directions and New Perspectives
ISBN: 978-1-78052-182-4, eISBN: 978-1-78052-181-7
Publication date: 7 September 2011
Abstract
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?
Citation
Lloyd-Jones, B. (2011), "Chapter 1 Diversification in Higher Education Administration: Leadership Paradigms Reconsidered", Jean-Marie, G. and Lloyd-Jones, B. (Ed.) Women of Color in Higher Education: Changing Directions and New Perspectives (Diversity in Higher Education, Vol. 10), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3644(2011)0000010005
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2011, Emerald Group Publishing Limited