Women of color in higher education administration: An exploration of barriers to advancement.

摘要

Women in general have made vast progress in gaining leadership positions in higher education administration; however, women of color, including Asian Americans, Native Americans, and Latinas, continue to lag behind. According to the literature, a number of issues prevent women of color from achieving senior-level positions. A dissertation study by F. K. Powell (2008) provided significant guidance in the creation of this study. Using qualitative phenomenology, F. K. Powell explored the experienced barriers to advancement delineated by personal, cultural, and structural categories among 15 African American women in higher education administration. Thus, this research study explored commonly reported promotion barriers delineated by personal, cultural, and structural reasons by eight women of color administrators in higher education.