Women represent a significant share of the senior campus administrators whose jobs are most likely to lead to a college presidency, according to a new survey by a leading higher-education group. But when it comes to members of racial minority groups, the supply of such potential leaders is much smaller.
A report released this week on a study by the American Council on Education revealed that womenâ??most of them whiteâ??made up fully 45 percent of senior administrators. Only 16 percent of senior leaders surveyed were members of minority groups. (Detailed statistics from the report, on senior college administrators by type of institution and by type of position, are available here.)