Women at the Helm: Pathfinding Women at State Colleges and Universities

By Judith A. Sturnick

This collection of essays grew out of conversations among several women presidents at an AASCU annual meeting in Arizona. The essays reveal women's perspectives on leadership and the job of president. The pieces explore and record the realities of day-to-day experiences of women presidents striving to achieve important goals for higher education and for themselves. 'The authors are themselves a special company. Sometimes battleweary, but always unbowed, they bring us an amazing variety of concepts and experiences. They share with us, often in a very personal vein, their answers to perplexing questions: What's it like to be in charge? How does a woman get there? What does it take to demonstrate staying power? What about a second or third presidency? What happens to personal and family relationships along the way? And possibly most difficult of all, how can the special strengths of being female serve a role in society which has traditionally been seen as male?' The thirteen chapters of the volume are indeed 'an enlightening treat.'

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880441291
• ISBN13: 9780880441292
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"