Women of Color Senior Leaders in U.S. Academe Leading Change Through Building Networks, Empowering Others, and Finding Common Ground

• In Event: 49.045 - Gender Matters: Transformations of Leaders in Higher Education

Abstract

Though higher education has seen an increase in the pool of available women and persons of color at the presidency level, there is still a dearth of women of color presidents (American Council on Education, 2007; White House Project, 2009). The American College President 2012 report indicated there are 6% African American college presidents, 1.5% Asian American Pacific Islander, 4% Latina, and 0.8 % American Indian. Findings of this study revealed that women of color senior leaders were able to create change through using information to influence others, configuring their teams, utilizing their connections, and including others in decision making.

Author

• Belinda Jung-Lee Huang