February 15, 2008

Pipeline to Presidencies Carries Lots of Women, Few Members of Minority Groups

By AUDREY WILLIAMS JUNE

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 last week on a study by the American Council on Education revealed that women — most of them white — made up fully 45 percent of senior

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