%0 Thesis %1 oneil_women_1989 %A O'Neil, Maureen Theresa %D 1989 %K ADMINISTRATION, EDUCATION, Higher, STUDIES WOMEN'S %T Women in Higher Education: A Profile of Women Administrators at Private Institutions in Massachusetts %X This study explored the experiences of women in top level positions in higher educational administration at private institutions in Massachusetts. Despite some modest increases in the overall representation of women administrators in higher education, women still do not occupy positions of power or command the high level salaries earned by men in comparable positions. Moreover, the absence of women in these positions further maintains the current status quo in two ways: women cannot prove their ability to do the job nor can they develop the necessary mentoring opportunities and networks to assist other women to achieve leadership positions in higher education. The researcher interviewed women in top level administrative positions in private higher educational institutions in Massachusetts to determine how this select group achieved their positions. The data from the interviews were analyzed to derive central themes. The experiences of the women were explored within the context of the following four areas: (1) issues in women's development as they relate to the behaviors, attitudes and skills necessary to succeed in a male-dominated profession; (2) structural barriers (i.e. economic, societal, and familial role constraints) and institutional barriers (i.e. institutional policies and procedures) to women's career development; (3) perceptions about the effect of the women's movement and affirmative action on women in higher education administration and; (4) possibilities for career and economic advances for women in higher educational administration. Adult developmental literature as it relates to the four themes was used as a context in which to view women's professional advancement in higher education administration. Much of the literature that exists is based on male models of development. Research specific to women's development has just begun to be developed. The majority of the women in this study were not married, were between 40 and 50 years of age and held a Ph.D. The themes that emerged during the interviews included: Grace Under Pressure, The Who Me? Syndrome, Going it Alone, The Sunburst Phenomenon, The Glass Ceiling, Odd Man Out and Generativity. Knowledge gained from this study will add to an understanding of the conditions that allow for the progress of women into levels of upper management, contributing to the literature on the career advancement for women in higher educational administration, in particular, and to women's studies in general.

@phdthesis{oneil_women_1989, abstract = {This study explored the experiences of women in top level positions in higher educational administration at private institutions in Massachusetts. Despite some modest increases in the overall representation of women administrators in higher education, women still do not occupy positions of power or command the high level salaries earned by men in comparable positions. Moreover, the absence of women in these positions further maintains the current status quo in two ways: women cannot prove their ability to do the job nor can they develop the necessary mentoring opportunities and networks to assist other women to achieve leadership positions in higher education. The researcher interviewed women in top level administrative positions in private higher educational institutions in Massachusetts to determine how this select group achieved their positions. The data from the interviews were analyzed to derive central themes. The experiences of the women were explored within the context of the following four areas: (1) issues in women's development as they relate to the behaviors, attitudes and skills necessary to succeed in a male-dominated profession; (2) structural barriers (i.e. economic, societal, and familial role constraints) and institutional barriers (i.e. institutional policies and procedures) to women's career development; (3) perceptions about the effect of the women's movement and affirmative action on women in higher education administration and; (4) possibilities for career and economic advances for women in higher educational administration. Adult developmental literature as it relates to the four themes was used as a context in which to view women's professional advancement in higher education administration. Much of the literature that exists is based on male models of development. Research specific to women's development has just begun to be developed. The majority of the women in this study were not married, were between 40 and 50 years of age and held a Ph.D. The themes that emerged during the interviews included: Grace Under Pressure, The Who Me? Syndrome, Going it Alone, The Sunburst Phenomenon, The Glass Ceiling, Odd Man Out and Generativity. Knowledge gained from this study will add to an understanding of the conditions that allow for the progress of women into levels of upper management, contributing to the literature on the career advancement for women in higher educational administration, in particular, and to women's studies in general.}, added-at = {2018-06-19T15:20:34.000+0200}, author = {O'Neil, Maureen Theresa}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2900dcf90d9e480aafb1bc89b30e37a1e/prophe}, interhash = {bd0b94b67cafbc3b8e2ac87d99d4c1f6}, intrahash = {900dcf90d9e480aafb1bc89b30e37a1e}, keywords = {ADMINISTRATION, EDUCATION, Higher, STUDIES WOMEN'S}, school = {BOSTON UNIVERSITY}, shorttitle = {Women in {Higher} {Education}: {A} {Profile} of {Women} {Administrators} at {Private} {Institutions} in {Massachusetts}}, timestamp = {2018-06-19T15:20:34.000+0200}, title = {Women in {Higher} {Education}: {A} {Profile} of {Women} {Administrators} at {Private} {Institutions} in {Massachusetts}}, type = {{PhD} {Thesis}}, year = 1989 }