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Females Of Color Who Have Served As Superintendent: Their Journeys To The Superintendency And Perceptions Of The Office, Paula Louise Collins
Females Of Color Who Have Served As Superintendent: Their Journeys To The Superintendency And Perceptions Of The Office, Paula Louise Collins
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
The purpose of this study was to chronicle the journeys often females of color to the office of the superintendent, to document how they use the power of the office and to record their perceptions, as superintendent, of the office( s) they hold or have held. It provides an in-depth look at the females as people and as leaders. One premise of this study is that access to education and equity in employment opportunity are key factors in determining who may serve in the nation's highest offices. Half of the respondents are the products of legally enforced segregation in their …