Interview with Borough of Manhattan Community College Faculty Members and Higher Administrators in Languages

ADFL Bulletin ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-113
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community College Faculty ◽  
College Faculty ◽  
Faculty Members

Women Community College Faculty Members

2019 ◽  
pp. 238-251
Author(s):  
Saralyn McKinnon-Crowley
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Community College Faculty ◽  
College Faculty ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Leadership In Higher Education ◽  
Current Leadership ◽  
Structural Inequities ◽  
Societal Expectations

This chapter explores the obstacles women community college faculty members face in attaining leadership roles, specifically the presidency, at community colleges. The theoretical framework incorporates Kezar's reconceptualization of leadership in higher education. The chapter discusses the currently available data regarding women community college faculty members and leaders, and presents factors preventing community colleges from attaining gender parity in leadership, namely structural inequities, campus climate, and the insidious ideal or heroic worker myth. Despite the diversity of students and staff present at a community college, discrimination and societal expectations regarding work still impact women. Ironically, the low status of community colleges may allow greater access to leadership roles for women. The chapter concludes by discussing possible solutions to the current leadership climate and present alternative leadership theories and paradigms, which, if implemented, could change the community college environment.

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