Pipeline to College Presidencies Carries Few Members of Minority Groups

Women represent a significant share of the senior campus administrators whose jobs are most likely to lead to a college presidency, according to a new survey by a leading higher-education group. But when it comes to members of racial minority groups, the supply of such potential leaders is much smaller.

A report released this week on a study by the American Council on Education revealed that women—most of them white—made up fully 45 percent of senior administrators. Only

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