Women of color in higher education : changing directions and new perspectives /

Includes indexes.<br>Prologue / Olga M. Welch -- Women of color in higher education in the 21st century / Gaëtane Jean-Marie -- ch. 1. Diversification in higher education administration : leadership paradigms reconsidered / Brenda Lloyd-Jones -- ch. 2. Diversity in sport : the status of African American female head coaches and administrators in collegiate athletics / Vicki A. Williams -- ch. 3. Women of color faculty : recruitment, hiring, and retention / Norma T. Mertz -- ch. 4. Promoting attainment of African American women in the STEM fields : lessons from historically black colleges and universities / Marybeth Gasman, Laura W. Perna -- ch. 5. Mentoring and supportive networks for women of color in academe / Gaëtane Jean-Marie, Jeffrey S. Brooks -- ch. 6. Mentoring and interim positions : pathways to leadership for women of color / Jothany Blackwood, Sharon Brown-Welty -- ch. 7. Their rightful place : diversity narratives, women of color agency and transformation of the academy / Venice Thandi Sulé -- ch. 8. Asian American Pacific Islander women from Ph. D. to campus president : gains and leaks in the pipeline / Edith Wen-Chu Chen, Shirley Hune -- ch. 9. The unwritten rules of the academy : a balancing act for women of color / Natasha A. Mitchell, Jaronda J. Miller -- ch. 10. Female faculty of color : successful strategies in academia / Lisa R. Bass, Susan C. Faircloth -- ch. 11. Female faculty of color : agency and structure in race research / Benjamin Baez -- ch. 12. Building bridges for women of color in the professoriate / Vinetta C. Jones -- ch. 13. Star light, star bright : a black female scholar seeks to find 'voice' in the academy / Latish C. Reed -- ch. 14. Poised to shatter the glass ceiling in the ivory tower / Mary V. Alfred -- ch. 15. Nurturing intellectual voices : 'stirring up' conversations about cultural competence in the university classroom / Carolyn Walker Hopp -- ch. 16. Mentoring transformed : when students of color see diversity in leadership / Milagros Peña, JeffriAnne Wilder -- Epilogue / Brenda Lloyd-Jones, Gaëtane Jean-Marie.