Women Administrators in Higher Education

Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

312 Seiten, Hardcover

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Shows the tenacious spirit and hard work of women administrators in their struggles to enhance opportunities for women on college campuses.In this book Jana Nidiffer and Carolyn Terry Bashaw fill in the pieces of the story of the history of women in higher education as well as tackle contemporary topics such as the controversies surrounding women's education; the contributions of women religious and lay presidents and their use of power; the relationship of emergent leadership theory to women; the growth and development of deans of women; the role of women's professional organizations; and quandaries of provosts, physical educators, and student affairs professionals. The book illustrates the tenacious spirit and hard work of women administrators in their struggles to enhance opportunities for women on college campuses.Contributors include R. Vivian Acosta, Carolyn Terry Bashaw, Cynthia Farr Brown, Linda Jean Carpenter, Candace Introcaso, Susan R. Jones, Susan R. Komives, Sharon A. McDade, Jana Nidiffer, Joan Paul, and Karen Doyle Walton.

• Reihe: SUNY Press
• ISBN: 9780791448175
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 04.01.2001
• Größe: 234 x 155 mm
• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Herausgegeben von: Carolyn Terry Bashaw, Jana Nidiffer