Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Lessons from Women Leaders in Higher Education

Women make up the majority of college students and advanced-degree holders. So why do they still lead only about one in three universities, and far fewer of the most powerful ones?

 Breaking the Glass Ceiling answers that question the way it deserves to be answered: through the people who lived it. Here are seven women who reached senior leadership at a public university in the American South, three African American and four born in China, ranging from a dean in her seventies who helped desegregate her high school in 1963 to a young professor still proving she belongs. In their own candid words, they describe the mentors who pulled them up, the discrimination they outlasted, the families they refused to sacrifice, and the institutions they quietly rebuilt.

From their experience, the authors distill a clear and teachable model, the Three Core Layers of women's leadership, and a clear-eyed account of why so few women reach the top and what would actually change that. Rigorous enough for the seminar and human enough for the nightstand, this is both a study and a map.

Jing Chang, Ph.D.
Marcus L. Thompson, Ph.D.

Ideal for: students, educators, education professionals, researchers, thought leaders

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