Case Studies of Women of Color Leading Community Colleges in Texas: Navigating the Leadership Pipeline through Mentoring and Culture

2021 ◽  
pp. 58-69
Author(s):  
Maria Yareli Delgado ◽  
Taryn Ozuna Allen
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Women Of Color ◽  
Leadership Pipeline

The “Post-national” Racial State, Domestication, and Multiscalar Organizing in the New Millennium

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirstie A. Dorr
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Women Of Color ◽  
Racial Formation ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Racial Justice ◽  
National Politics ◽  
Racial Discourse ◽  
Feminist Perspectives ◽  
New Millennium

Our book concludes with an exploration of national politics, structural antagonisms, and racial justice via transnational, indigenous, and women of color feminist perspectives. It also puts the black/white racial binary that has animated the rest of the book into a broader racial perspective. Kirstie A. Dorr introduces a set of case studies that signal some of the thorny polemics that complicate and confound the pursuit of racial justice as a solely nation-based project. This chapter concludes that, in our current political moment, analyses of racial discourse and practice must contend with the ways in which racial formation processes are at once geo-historically specific—that is, as temporally emplaced in particular, local, regional, and national contexts—and geo-historically relational—that is, as situated within and articulated with other geographies of racial capitalist formation and networks of cultural circulation.

Succession Planning in Rural Community Colleges

2021 ◽  
pp. 285-295
Author(s):  
Ashley Aylett ◽  
Kit Kacirek ◽  
Kenda Grover
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Rural Community Colleges ◽  
Senior Administrators ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Rural Community College ◽  
Community Stakeholders ◽  
Leadership Pipeline ◽  
Aging Infrastructure

Competent leadership is essential for institutions of any size to respond to the challenges facing post-secondary institutions. However, rural community colleges are especially vulnerable to the forces of change due to aging infrastructure, accelerated retirements, and geographic isolation that often limits competent and diverse applicant pools for future leaders. As senior administrators retire at rapid rates, geographic location and scarce resources can hamper leadership continuity. Few studies have explored how the leadership pipeline is established and maintained in rural community colleges and how institutional and community values shape that process. The study highlights the extent to which the co-dependent relationship between community stakeholders and the rural community college shapes its institutional culture and leadership development.

The Retention of Black Male Students in Texas Public Community Colleges

2003 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank S. Glenn
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Black Male ◽  
Retention Rate ◽  
Male Student ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Retention Strategies ◽  
Black Male Students ◽  
Bottom Quartile ◽  
Student Graduation

The purposes of this study were to ascertain which Texas public community colleges have been able to graduate the highest percentages of black males and to analyze the factors contributing to that achievement. An institutional questionnaire was developed, designed to elicit information regarding policies and/or practices directly related to the retention of black male students and mailed to each college in the top and bottom quartiles. On-site case studies were conducted at one institution each from the top and bottom quartiles. The focus of the case studies was to examine the setting, policies, procedures, programs, and culture of each campus for clues concerning their black male retention rate. Data collection was from interviews, observations, and collection of institutional artifacts. This study identified several retention strategies that differentiate institutions in the top quartile of black, male student graduation rate from institutions in the bottom quartile.

Unique Challenges for Women of Color in STEM Transferring from Community Colleges to Universities

2011 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Elena Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
Transfer Students ◽  
Women Of Color ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Color Transfer ◽  
Transfer Rates ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender

In this article, Marie-Elena Reyes presents the issues faced by women of color in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) as they transfer from community colleges to universities. Community colleges offer a great potential for diversifying and increasing participation of underrepresented groups in STEM. Many women of color enter higher education through community colleges, but transfer rates are low, and retention rates of transfer students into STEM at universities are lower still. Through interviews conducted with participants in the National Science Foundation–funded Futurebound program, Reyes reveals an atmosphere in which women of color transfer students experience attitudes and treatment signaling that they do not belong because of age, ethnicity, and gender as well as preconceptions that transfer students are not adequately prepared. Reyes proposes that programs and policies to integrate responses to these challenges could improve the transfer rates and retention of women of color into STEM fields.

scholarly journals Preparing Community College Leaders to Meet Tomorrow's Challenges

10.28945/3884 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 127-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela L Eddy ◽  
Regina L Garza Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Succession Planning ◽  
Leadership Development Programs ◽  
College Leaders ◽  
Leadership Pipeline ◽  
Community College Leaders ◽  
Development Literature ◽  
National Training

Aim/Purpose: This article reviews the leadership development literature and posits that a learning centered approach will best support the development of community college leaders. But, it is important to recognize that community colleges have differing needs due to size, location, and the communities they serve. Background: American community colleges have received a great deal of attention over the last decade as institutions poised to contribute to the education of the workforce and to increase the number of citizens who possess a certificate or degree. Concurrently, community colleges also received attention due to the warnings about a pending presidential leadership crisis in the sector. As more and more sitting leaders retire, the demands of the job increase, and fewer individuals seek out top-level leadership positions, it is important to address how to develop community college leaders. Contribution: The review of leadership development literature provides the backdrop for creating new programs to develop community college leaders. A multi-faceted approach is required in which succession planning occurs, graduate programs are revamped, and both individuals and organizations engage in the development of community college leaders. Findings: It is important to recognize that community colleges have differing needs due to size, location, and the communities they serve. Graduate doctoral programs targeting community college leadership and national training programs can help prepare leaders, but they need curricular and program alignment targeting development of authentic leadership and ways to bridge theory with practice. Establishing succession planning can build a robust leadership pipeline that supports networked leadership and nurtures contextual competencies. Impact on Society: Understanding better how to prepare leaders to face the challenges now facing community colleges requires questioning current practices and building different leadership development programs.

Expanding the Leadership Pipeline in Community Colleges: Fostering Racial Equity

2018 ◽  
Vol 120 (14) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Pamela L. Eddy
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Racial Diversity ◽  
Community College Leadership ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
Racial Equity ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
College Leadership ◽  
Leadership Pipeline ◽  
Institutional Types

Community colleges have more racial diversity in leadership positions of all institutional types, but equal representation in leadership still remains elusive. Top positions remain stubbornly filled by Whites and men, and those in the pipeline indicate scant interest in pursuing top leadership positions. Changing access to the leadership pipeline and the traditional ways leaders have been identified and developed provides a critical step in fostering racial equity in community college leadership. New visions of leadership require questioning who can be considered for leadership and where leadership occurs. Institutional policies can help create a climate that fosters more diverse leadership and addresses structural barriers. Development of mid-level leaders and changing norms that control access to leadership development provide leverage for change. Real change can occur with focused efforts and questioning of historical norms of leadership.

scholarly journals Latino Educational Leadership

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-82
Author(s):  
Monica Medina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Latino Community ◽  
Education Pipeline ◽  
Leadership Pipeline ◽  
Future Leaders ◽  
K 12

Latino Educational Leadership is a critical book for pre-service and in-service Latino leaders. The book serves as a call to action for Latinx leaders in K-12 and higher education pipeline to advocate, empower, and transform Latinx experiences throughout the P-20 pipeline. The collection of essays in this book draw upon Latino-oriented methodologies and epistemologies to present testimonios, case studies, and theoretical models for building the Latino educational leadership pipeline. My review of this book speaks to its criticality for current and future leaders with respect to the historically marginalized Latino community. 

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