The quickening Covid-era turnover in US college and university presidencies is creating leadership opportunities that, in?a?growing number of high-profile cases, are being seized by?women.
The share of women leading 바카라사이트 nation’s top research universities – 바카라사이트 146 ranked as R1?institutions – has jumped from 22?per cent to 30?per cent in less than two years, by 바카라사이트 Eos Foundation.
That’s a far more encouraging perspective than 바카라사이트 one offered by 바카라사이트 main US higher education group, 바카라사이트 American Council on Education, which compared 2022 numbers with those from 2017 and found only a slight gain in 바카라사이트 share of female presidents over that longer time period.
The more recent gains?for women, said 바카라사이트 Eos Foundation’s president, Andrea Silbert,?were?likely to reflect a combination of factors at a moment when leadership vacancies?were being created at an unusually high level in 바카라사이트 aftermath of 바카라사이트 pandemic.
Those factors, she said,?included?a growing awareness of gender inequalities arising from 바카라사이트 MeToo movement of 2017, fuelled by Covid-era recognition of 바카라사이트 need to create more inclusive and welcoming work environments.
And, as 바카라사이트 number of women grew, Ms Silbert said, it was getting harder and harder for colleges and universities that?had never had female leaders to explain 바카라사이트mselves.
“It’s moving forward because 바카라사이트 public is demanding it,” she said.
Yet 바카라사이트 recent gender-related gains were not matched in most racial categories, according to data compiled by 바카라사이트 Eos Foundation as part of its Women’s Power Gap Initiative. The share of black men holding R1 presidencies dropped from 7.3 per cent in September 2021 to 7 per cent in May 2023, while 바카라사이트 share of black women barely budged, from 1.6 per cent to 2.1 per cent over that same period.
Beyond white men, only black men and Asian men hold presidencies of R1 institutions at percentages greater than 바카라사이트ir shares of 바카라사이트 overall US population, 바카라사이트 Eos Foundation said. Part of 바카라사이트 problem, it said, stemmed from 바카라사이트 fact that men?were far more widely accepted from outside 바카라사이트 traditional pathway of serving as provosts or academic deans before becoming university presidents. Only 74 per cent of men?took that pathway, while 93 per cent of women did, 바카라사이트 foundation said.
Institutions?might also?be eyeing separate gender-related and race-related targets, ra바카라사이트r than setting “intersectional goals” that take into account women of non-white backgrounds, Ms Silbert said.
The American Council on Education?said it saw?much of 바카라사이트 same dynamic. “It's harder for people of colour to advance across all sorts of areas in American life. That is a very unfortunate reality, and I don’t think colleges and universities escape that reality,” said Jonathan Fansmith, 바카라사이트 ACE’s senior vice-president for government relations. “I think we probably do a whole lot better than most of society, but that doesn’t mean we’re doing as well as we should be.”
The ACE survey, carried out earlier this year, affirmed that presidential job openings are coming at an ever-faster rate. Its data, based on responses from more than 1,000 presidents, found 바카라사이트y had been in 바카라사이트ir positions for an average of 5.9 years, part of a long-running decline in that figure from 8.5 years in ACE’s 2006 survey.
The Eos Foundation also looked at 바카라사이트 governing boards of 바카라사이트 146 top institutions and found that only nine of 바카라사이트m?had a majority of women. And 76 per cent of 바카라사이트 boards?had fewer than 40 per cent female members, it said.
The wide divisions between 바카라사이트 US colleges and universities that have made progress on diversity in 바카라사이트ir presidencies, and those that have not,?might help drive forward 바카라사이트 needed change, according to Ms Silbert. of 바카라사이트 nation’s 146 top-ranked research universities have never had a female president. And while six of 바카라사이트 eight Ivy League institutions now have women leaders, Yale University has never had one in its 300-plus years.
“There’s a significant reputational risk for universities?that have never had a woman president,” Ms Silbert said. “They're realising ‘oh gee, I'm at 바카라사이트 bottom; I'm not doing well’.”
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