Personal Connections And Career Reflections Examining Social Networks And Career Choices Of African American Women Community College Leaders

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Personal Connections and Career Reflections: Examining Social Networks and Career Choices of African American Women Community College Leaders

Author : Deborah K. Peoples
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
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Download or read book Personal Connections and Career Reflections: Examining Social Networks and Career Choices of African American Women Community College Leaders written by Deborah K. Peoples and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this qualitative multi-case study was to examine the role of social networks in the career decisions and leadership of female African American community college senior leaders. The under-representation of women and people of color in leadership is not a new issue, and higher education has acknowledged this lack of representation as both a challenge and an opportunity. Networking is one of many strategies that successful leaders have identified as contributing to their success. This research explored how networks of African American women community college senior leaders are constructed and how they used the resultant resources for professional growth and career progression. Social capital theory provided the framework to characterize the lived experiences of African American women community college leaders as their careers evolved, with particular focus on network characteristics and networking behaviors, and to examine and draw conclusions about one grand tour question and three sub-questions. While social capital researchers used different models to explain the interaction that builds resources, there is agreement that social networks have value. For study participants, social networks provided access to social capital that influenced their career choices and outcomes.

Profile of African American Women Leaders in a Southeastern Community College System

Author : Eleanor S. Bowie
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
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Download or read book Profile of African American Women Leaders in a Southeastern Community College System written by Eleanor S. Bowie and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives and experiences of African American women administrators in a southeastern community college system. The study examined the personal and educational characteristics along with the career paths of the administrators. The study also investigated the factors that supported the career advancement of the administrators and the systems that impeded advancement. The study design was qualitative and employed the interview as the primary instrument to collect data. Eight African American women were interviewed at multiple sites. The study indicated that the women were family-centered and viewed preparation, hard work, and visibility essential to continued success as a leader. The study also found that the leadership perspectives of the leaders reflected both traditional and cultural elements. In addition, the study indicated that the women viewed mentors and sponsors essential to their career advancement. While the research revealed the existence of gender and racial bias in the campus cultures, the study also found that the women had developed coping strategies, including humor and social interaction.

CAREER PATHS, BARRIERS, AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES: A COMPARISON STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENTS AND WHITE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENTS.

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What You Know, who You Know, where You Live

Author : Rachel Coppola
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 125 pages
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Download or read book What You Know, who You Know, where You Live written by Rachel Coppola and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite increasing gains in the number of African Americans obtaining university degrees, they remain underrepresented in many career paths. This dissertation examines how low-income, urban, African American students, who attend university, discover and select careers. By examining this process, I attempt to make more explicit the reasoning behind their career choices. Using a phenomenological approach, I investigated the lived experiences of 12 students who were part of an auxiliary educational program and who were attending a large research university in their home city. Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, social capital, and practice, along with the concept of code-switching, provided the framework to examine the student's experiences and choices. Interviews were also conducted with 2 staff members from the auxiliary program and 2 staff members from the university career center. All twelve students exhibited a strong sense of self-efficacy and expressed confidence about the career choices they made. However, they appear to make career choices based on very limited and generic career exposure opportunities. Recommendations for how to expose and encourage low-income, urban, African American students towards fields in which African Americans are underrepresented include more concentrated efforts to generate alternative networking/social capital building relationships, increasing the number of career research projects students complete while in high school, and more resources and support for guidance staff/career counselors at urban high schools.

Women in Community Colleges

Author : Judith S. Eaton
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Women in Community Colleges written by Judith S. Eaton and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After introductory material by Judith S. Eaton discussing the challenges faced by women in positions of authority at community colleges, this monograph presents eight essays dealing with women in the community college movement. Emily Taylor discusses the backgrounds, attitudes, and characteristics of the small, but growing number of women presidents of community colleges and describes a project undertaken by the American Council on Education to identify talented women administrators. A. Rae Price documents the unequal status of women faculty members and suggests actions for improvement. Lloyd Averill argues that women will best be able to strengthen the humanities by affirming and employing the positive, stereotypically feminine characteristics of the humanist. Carol Eliason examines the critical support role played by women's studies programs in meeting counseling, occupational, and educational needs. Emily B. Kirby examines the role of the community college in helping women overcome stereotypes which block them from non-traditional careers. Joyce A. Smith discusses the role of the trustee, the special responsibilities of women trustees, behaviors that contribute to a new member's success, and the selection of a college president. Linda L. Moore examines the special problems faced by women in management in both the public and private sectors and proposes a method of constructive self-analysis. An ERIC literature review concludes the monograph. (JP)

Career Counseling for African Americans

Author : W. Bruce Walsh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135683573
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Career Counseling for African Americans written by W. Bruce Walsh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics in this volume include: basic issues in career counselling for African Americans; career assessment; vocational and personal considerations; and future directions in career counselling theory.

Career Paths, Mobility Patterns, and Experiences of Two-year College Women Presidents of Color

Author : Josephine Reed-Taylor
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 354 pages
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Download or read book Career Paths, Mobility Patterns, and Experiences of Two-year College Women Presidents of Color written by Josephine Reed-Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Equity Counseling for Community College Women

Author : Carol Eliason
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
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Download or read book Equity Counseling for Community College Women written by Carol Eliason and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Examination of the Applicability of Social Cognitive Career Theory for African American College Students

Author : Josephine Dickinson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 205 pages
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Download or read book An Examination of the Applicability of Social Cognitive Career Theory for African American College Students written by Josephine Dickinson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lent, Brown, and Hackett's (1994) social cognitive career theory (SCCT) is a theoretical model of career development that delineates how person, contextual, and sociocognitive factors affect the formation of vocational interests, career choice goals, career choice actions, and academic/career performance attainments. Although considerable research support has been demonstrated for several key paths in SCCT, several other areas of SCCT have been under-researched or have received mixed empirical support. The purpose of the present study was to address several limitations of the extant literature. Specifically, the present study examined (a) the applicability of SCCT with an African American sample, (b) the validity of SCCT across Holland's (1997) six vocational domains, (c) the role of specific learning experiences in the formation of corresponding self-efficacy and outcome expectations, and (d) the moderating role of perceptions of racism in the relationship between vocational interests and corresponding choice goals. Results of path analyses based on a sample of 208 African American college students revealed strong support for all of the hypothesized relations involving corresponding learning experiences, self-efficacy beliefs, outcome expectations, vocational interests and choice goals for each of the six Holland themes. Furthermore, although the nature of some of the observed relations (i.e., direct vs. indirect) was not always supportive of my hyptheses, overall, the results indicated that SCCT is a valid model to use with African Americans. In addition, the results revealed strong support for the applicability of SCCT to Holland's (1997) RIASEC themes. Regarding the role of specific learning experiences in self-efficacy and outcome expectations, results revealed partial support for both my hypothesis that verbal persuasion would contribute most strongly and SCCT's predication that performance accomplishments would account for the majority of the unique variance. These findings suggest that for African American college students, the role that learning experiences play in the formation of their self-efficacy beliefs and outcome expectations is domain-specific. Finally, results of moderated regressions and follow-up analyses tended not to support the hypothesis that perceptions of racism would moderate the relationship between vocational interests and choice goals. The results revealed that perceptions of racism significantly moderated the interestes-goals relation in only one model--the Realistic model for men--and, contrary to prediction, a greater perception of racism actually strengthened the Realistic interests-choice goals relationship."--Abstract.

The President's Journey

Author : Cathryn Louise Addy
Publisher : Anker Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The President's Journey written by Cathryn Louise Addy and published by Anker Publishing Company, Incorporated. This book was released on 1995 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

How the Perceptions of African American Women Influence Career Choices

Author : Laurie A. Gordon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
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Download or read book How the Perceptions of African American Women Influence Career Choices written by Laurie A. Gordon and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to examine how the perceptions of racial identity salience, career decision-making self-efficacy and career related barriers affected the career choice traditionality for African American women. The multiple self-referent model (Brown-Collins & Sussewell, 1986) was used as a theoretical framework to conceptualize the study in order to evaluate what possible factors may influence the career development process of Black women. One hundred and eighteen women were surveyed from predominantly White and predominantly Black campuses. It was predicted that women who endorsed traditional career choices would perceive more career related barriers and have lower levels of career decision-making self-efficacy than their non-traditional counterparts. Additionally, previous research has suggested that African American women may cluster in more traditional occupations as a way to limit their exposure to racism. As a result, it was predicted that Black women who chose more traditional occupations would perceive racism as a greater career related barrier than sexism. The influence of racial identity salience, particularly the psychological and socio-political domains, on the career choice traditionality of Black women was also evaluated. The following instruments were utilized: Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy - Short Form; the African American Identity Attitudes Scale; Career Barriers Inventory - Revised; and a demographics/career questionnaire. The results did not support these hypotheses or the conceptualization of the multiple self-referent model. However, these findings suggest that the career development of Black women is a complex process that warrants further investigation. The limitations of the current study as well as directions for future research will be discussed.

Traditionally Untraditional

Author : LeAnn Gayle Fong-Batkin
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ISBN 13 : 9781124907055
Total Pages : 202 pages
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Download or read book Traditionally Untraditional written by LeAnn Gayle Fong-Batkin and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This qualitative study examines deeply the career trajectories of 13 women of color administrators at the dean, vice president, and president levels in the California community college (ccc) system. The study focuses particular attention on the specific opportunities and challenges that some of these women have encountered on their leadership career journeys by analyzing the following research question: How have women of color administrators navigated their career trajectories in the California Community College system? In addition, a subquestion asks, what strategies and sources of support have women of color in the California Community College system used to overcome multiple obstacles in their professional lives as administrators? In addition to describing the context of a post-affirmative action/Proposition 209 environment that does not allow race to be a sole or primary factor in ccc hiring decisions, the study reviews the relevant literature on the subjects of career development for women of color and the role of women of color in academia. The study uses as a lens for data analysis a theoretical framework that includes gender considerations (feminism/womanism), racialization (Critical Race Theory), and the intersectionality of these perspectives as a way to highlight the social constructions of race and gender that emerges from the study's data. The study uses snowball sampling to identify 13 women of color community college administrators who serve in dean, vice president, and president positions. The interview group consisted of five African Americans, five Latinas, and three Asian Americans. Each individual was asked about her education, career history, community college experience, strategies, and sources for support. The first theme that emerged, the "Traditionally Untraditional Career Path," indicated that some participants encountered racism, sexism, and cultural differences that affected their journeys. Given that these women of color have all been affected by their race, class, and gender in their careers, this situation rendered their careers inherently nontraditional. The second theme that emerged was "Strategic Connections: Strategies and Sources of Support" which revealed several elements, such as the mentoring and networking that women of color in the ccc system have used to navigate their professional lives as administrators. The third theme, "Leading as a Gendered and Racialized Administrator," highlighted the gendered and racialized positioning of women of color as administrators and emerged from some participants' experiences with overt racism, racial microaggressions, and the pressure of assimilation to a White male culture and leadership style. Implications for policy, practice, and theory are provided in the conclusion. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest llc. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.].

An African-centered Critique of the Personal Leadership Experience Stories of Selected Women Community College Presidents of African Descent

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Author : L. Miller Newman
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
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Download or read book An African-centered Critique of the Personal Leadership Experience Stories of Selected Women Community College Presidents of African Descent written by L. Miller Newman and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research study addressed the need to examine the accomplishments of women community college presidents of African descent to establish the influence their core values, evidenced by their worldview, had on their leadership styles by analyzing their stories as discourse. Using the lens of Africentricity to determine the speaker's centeredness or worldview was appropriate because, according to Asante (1987), one can no more assume that a person is Afrocentric because he or she is Black than one can assume that a person who has lived in Africa is Afrocentric. Given the limited number of women of African descent who have served as presidents of predominantly white American community colleges, there was a need for research that documented any legacies of their styles of leadership on the culture of their specific community colleges. Moreover, there was a need to advance an African-centered style of leadership that had heretofore been subsumed in the normative leadership literature as women's ways of leading by collapsing the uniqueness of an African-centered leadership style into a style of leadership that is gender-based and devoid of cultural influences and values. The extant literature that examines and describes African American women community college presidents' discourse for the presence of cultural legacies using the Nguzo Saba as the framework to identify core values is meager. While the oral history traditions are still very much a part of the African American experience, and while many of our family stories are passed down transgenerationally, the accomplishments and contributions of African Americans, in general, and of African American scholars, specifically, remain on the margins of recorded history. This research study used transcribed discourse and the framework of the Nguzo Saba to understand and to adjudge if the participants' cultural location was in Africa. This study establishes that the worldview of the selected African American community college presidents is African-centered and that much of their legacies to higher education can be directly attributed to the core values of the Nguzo Saba. -- Abstract.

Communities in Action

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309452961
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.

Perceptions and Reactions to Career Barriers Among Women in Executive Leadership Roles at Community Colleges

Author : Diann Parker Back
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ISBN 13 : 9781109974669
Total Pages : 200 pages
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Download or read book Perceptions and Reactions to Career Barriers Among Women in Executive Leadership Roles at Community Colleges written by Diann Parker Back and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phase I consisted of a series of telephone interviews with a sample of 22 women vice presidents and presidents purposefully selected from across the United States. The purpose of Phase I was to gather information about the women's perceptions of events that caused them to either put their careers on hold or to forego advancement temporarily.

Mentoring as Critically Engaged Praxis

Author : Deirdre Cobb-Roberts
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 164802212X
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Mentoring as Critically Engaged Praxis written by Deirdre Cobb-Roberts and published by IAP. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume seeks to interrogate the structures that affect the perceptions, experiences, performance and practices of Black women administrators. The chapters examine the nature and dynamics of the conflict within that space and the ways in which they transcend or confront the intersecting structures of power in academe. A related expectation is for interrogations of the ways in which their institutional contexts and, marginalized status inform their navigational strategies and leadership practices. More specifically, this work explores mentorship as critical praxis; that being, the ways in which Black women’s thinking and practices around mentoring affect their institutional contexts or environment, and, that of other marginalized groups within academe. A discussion of Black women in higher education administration as critically engaged mentors will ultimately diversify thought, approaches, and solutions to larger social and structural challenges embedded within academic climates. Praise for Mentoring as Critically Engaged Praxis: Mentoring as Critically Engaged Praxis: Storying the Lives and Contributions of Black Women Administrators, the authors present insights on the challenges Black women face and how mentoring networks and strategies help them transcend professional and institutional barriers. Each chapter intentionally creates a space to elevate their voices, depicts the reciprocity on how they are transforming and being transformed by their institutional context, and offers hope for improving the status of women leaders. The power of this book is that it is an acknowledgement of Black women being the architect of their lives and is filled with meaningful content that is nuanced and offers a glimpse into how black women leaders continue to lift as they climb. - Gaëtane Jean-Marie, Rowan University Mentoring as Critical Engaged Praxis perfectly captures a process that Black women have been facilitating, practicing and innovating prior to and since their entry into the higher education. Deirdre Cobb-Roberts and Talia R. Esnard have assembled a strong cast of scholars who eloquently speak to the role that Black women administrators play in their daily practice of “Lift as we climb.” Despite the limited number of Black women in senior leadership roles across academe, most, if not all of them must consistently tackle institutional and societal injustices that shape their experiences and influence their capacity to mentor. - Lori Patton Davis, The Ohio State University

We are the Leaders We've Been Waiting For

Author : Julie E. Owen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000971228
Total Pages : 218 pages
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Download or read book We are the Leaders We've Been Waiting For written by Julie E. Owen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At this time of social flux, of changing demographics on campus and the world beyond, of recognition of intersectional identities, as well as the wide variety of aspirations and career goals of today's women undergraduates, how can colleges and universities best prepare them for the demands of modern leadership? This text speaks to the changing context of today’s women students' experiences, recognizing that their work life goals may go beyond climbing the corporate ladder to include social innovation and entrepreneurial goals, policy and politics, and social activism.This book is a product of multiple collaborations and intellectual contributions of a diverse group of undergraduate and graduate women who helped shape the course on which it is based. They provided research support, critical readings, as well as the diverse narratives that are included throughout the book, not as an ideal for readers to aspire to but as an authentic expression of how their distinct and sometimes non-conforming lived experiences shaped their understandings of leadership. It goes beyond hero/she-ro person-centered approaches to get at the complex and intrapersonal nature of leadership. It also situates intersectional identities, critical consciousness, and student development theory as important lenses throughout the text.Recognizing that there are many possible manifestations of leadership or gender, this text encourages students to embrace the contradictions rather than engaging in dualistic, black-and-white thinking, challenging them to address such questions as, Should women “lean in” and work harder to achieve their own leadership goals, or should they focus on bigger systemic issues to create equity in the workplace?Each chapter concludes with a brief chapter review, a narrative from a current college student, and critical reflection questions.