Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Warren G. Bennis
  • Introduction / Karen A. Longman & Susan R. Madsen
  • part 1. The state of women and leadership in higher education. Benchmarking women's leadership in academia and beyond / Lynn M. Gangone & Tiffani Lennon
  • Women at the top: the pipeline reconsidered / Barbara Kellerman & Deborah L. Rhode
  • Leadership out front and behind the scenes: young women's ambitions for leadership today / Nannerl O. Keohane
  • part 2. Strategies for women's leadership development. American Council on Education's IDEALS for women leaders: Identify, Develop, Encourage, Advance, Link, and Support / Leah Witcher Jackson Teague & Kim Bobby
  • HERS at 50: curriculum and connections for empowering the next generation of women leaders in higher education / Judith S. White
  • Developing women's leadership: an innovative and unique approach to raising leadership capacity / Lorri L. Sulpizio
  • part 3. Women's experiences and contributions in higher education leadership. Women's contributions to leadership and the road ahead / Adrianna Kezar
  • Approaches of women leaders in higher education: navigating adversity, barriers, and obstacles / Amy B. Diehl
  • Women leaders, authenticity, and higher education: convictions and contradictions / Rita A. Gardiner
  • Madame President: gender's impact in the presidential suite / Mary L. Bucklin
  • part 4. Lessons from the trenches: perspectives from female presidents. Leadership legitimacy, managed authenticity, and emotional stability: keys to a successful presidency / Rita Bornstein
  • Docs, jocks, and other wildlife: the challenges and potential for women leaders in the 21st century public research university / Ann Weaver Hart
  • Twenty-first century presidents must work with multiple stakeholders and be agents of change / Sherry H. Penney
  • No te dejes: giving voice to issues that choose you / Juliet Garcia
  • Grounded / Karen Holbrook.