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5 ways higher education can be seen as hostile to women of color
Jul 13, 2020
Editor's note: In 2019, Amy Bonomi, a women's studies scholar, co-edited " Women Leading Change: Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Cliff, and Slipper ." The book examines the perspectives of 23 female leaders on issues of leadership and the challenges of confronting structural racism, bias and discrimination at colleges and universities. Here are five takeaways that Bonomi offers from her book about how higher education can be hostile toward the women of color who serve as college and university leaders.
1. Not reflected in leadership
Only 30% of college and university presidents are women. Although nearly 40% of Americans are people of color, according to a 2017 study , just 5% of college and university presidents are women of color. This 5% is even more striking when you consider how approximately 45% of undergraduate students in the United States are students of color (Hispanic: 20%; Black: 14%; and Asian: 7%).
In addition, while top administrative roles, such as chief diversity officer, are occupied by a large proportion of Black and Latinx women (52%) , other positions, such as chief financial officer and facilities manager, are overwhelmingly occupied by white men. Taken together, this suggests that women of color tend to be reflected in diversity-related positions and may not be cultivated for other types of leadership positions.
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