While the racial and ethnic diversity of the United States of America’s overall population (espec... more While the racial and ethnic diversity of the United States of America’s overall population (especially the college student population) are expanding at unprecedented levels, the leadership within higher education’s Ivory Tower has remained consistent for the past 300 years. At the highest levels, leadership remains largely monolithic – this is both White and male (Pratt-Clarke & Maes, 2017). African American women are severely underrepresented in senior level leadership positions. Defined as being at the Director level or above (Bertrand Jones et al. 2012), these types of administrative positions include titles such as Director, Associate Vice President/Chancellor, Associate/Assistant Dean, Vice President/Vice Chancellor, Provost and President/Chancellor. Whether teaching in the classroom or serving as an administrator, the narrative remains the same. In the classroom, African American women account for 8.04% or 25,114 of all full-time faculty members at degree-granting institutions...
While the racial and ethnic diversity of the United States of America’s overall population (espec... more While the racial and ethnic diversity of the United States of America’s overall population (especially the college student population) are expanding at unprecedented levels, the leadership within higher education’s Ivory Tower has remained consistent for the past 300 years. At the highest levels, leadership remains largely monolithic – this is both White and male (Pratt-Clarke & Maes, 2017). African American women are severely underrepresented in senior level leadership positions. Defined as being at the Director level or above (Bertrand Jones et al. 2012), these types of administrative positions include titles such as Director, Associate Vice President/Chancellor, Associate/Assistant Dean, Vice President/Vice Chancellor, Provost and President/Chancellor. Whether teaching in the classroom or serving as an administrator, the narrative remains the same. In the classroom, African American women account for 8.04% or 25,114 of all full-time faculty members at degree-granting institutions...
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