Gender issues as perceived by women in the process of seeking school superintendencies

Historically, education has been a profession dominated by women, but few of these women rise to administrative leadership positions. This is especially true of the superintendency. Despite the fact that today women earn over 50% of the advanced degrees in education administration, they seldom become school superintendents. Of the 876 district superintendents in the State of Illinois during the 1992-93 school year, only 5.2% or 46 were women. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explain this gender gap. The research question was: What are the perceptions of women holding the superintendent's endorsement regarding the opportunities and barriers they face in making a decision to seek or not to seek the superintendency?

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Noland, Georgia Anne Weerts

Contributors dc:contributor

• Zodhiates, Philip P.

• Women's Studies
• Education, Administration

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Noland, Georgia Anne Weerts

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9522155
(UMI)AAI9522155

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19696