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Emerging leadership among African American female educators.
(2002)
The purpose of this study is to understand the process of why African-American female teachers seek administration early in their teaching career. This study examines the chronological stages of five women teachers that ...
The advancement of women in higher education leadership.
(2001)
The cross-case analysis is supported by literature on organizational culture, change and life cycle. The importance of pioneers and the context for social change are discussed along with their impact on the diffusion of ...
Making meaning of barriers and successes: A qualitative study of upper level female educational leaders.
(2006)
This study revealed the phenomenological meaning three women in the upper levels of school administration in a military school system overseas made of the barriers (both internal and external) they experienced in their ...
Re-thinking sexual identity, toward an out-siders' praxis: An educator's re-vision of Virginia Woolf's "Three Guineas" in response to compulsory heterosexuality.
(2001)
Responding to wide-spread abuse of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning persons (LGBTQs) in education, this dissertation examines theories of heterosexism, conceptualizing as mis-educative compulsory ...
High-risk sexual behaviors of college students: Perspectives of African-American college women.
(2002)
Analysis of the results indicated that the reasons why African-American college women participate in high-risk sexual behaviors were: competition with the White female for the Black athlete; lack of self-esteem which ...
The few who succeed: Women administrators in higher education.
(2006)
Vignettes of the interview participants provide detailed description of each individual participant; survey data provide generalized descriptions. The various themes that emerged from the interviews and survey data were ...
Perceptions of female school superintendents.
(2002)
This qualitative study involved female superintendents in the state of Oklahoma. A survey questionnaire designed to gather demographic information was sent to the 48 practicing female superintendents during the 2000--2001 ...
Vestiges of glory: Iraq's universities and female students in the midst of tyranny, sanctions and war.
(2006)
This historical dissertation examines the intersectionality of sanctions, war and autocratic rule as it manifested itself on Iraqi university campuses and, more specifically, the impact on female students. While much has ...