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Opportunities And Challenges Of Shifting Identities For Women Leaders In Higher Education, Susan R. Madsen Oct 2012

Opportunities And Challenges Of Shifting Identities For Women Leaders In Higher Education, Susan R. Madsen

Susan R. Madsen

It is clear that there are differing cultures, contexts, and complexities among the various groups within higher education, creating a “great divide” on many campuses across the globe. This includes the divide between current faculty and faculty who have transitioned into administration. This panelist has conducted in-depth research on the lived experiences of women university presidents in developing the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies throughout their lives that are required for success leadership in higher education. Within this larger study, data were collected, using the phenomenological research approach, on the educational backgrounds, employment positions, career paths, and related struggles and …


2012 Sip Internship Expo, Center For Career Development, College Of The Holy Cross Sep 2012

2012 Sip Internship Expo, Center For Career Development, College Of The Holy Cross

Summer Internship Program Expo

The Holy Cross Summer Internship Program provides exceptional Holy Cross undergraduates with an opportunity to gain meaningful career related experience in an area related to the students' occupational goals. This program lists students and their respective internships.


Is There A Future / Career For Tourist Guides?, Detta Melia, Josephine Rice Jan 2012

Is There A Future / Career For Tourist Guides?, Detta Melia, Josephine Rice

Conference papers

Tourist guides are the essential interface between a tourism destination and its visitors, and are very much responsible for the overall impression and satisfaction offered by a destination. However, despite the prominent role that tourist guides play in the system of tourism, fairly scant scientific attention has been paid to them to date. Tourist Guides create a link between the visitor and the host country. Yet, of the small amount of literature devoted to them, very few studies have asked tourist guides their views and opinions, and have built up a profile of the tourist guide. This paper is an …