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- catalog abstract ""Grass Roots and Glass Ceilings offers observations and reflections on the experiences of African American leaders in predominantly white institutions of higher education. These current and past presidents, vice presidents, and deans relate frankly and in detail their personal experiences in the academic setting. They discuss their perseverance over obstacles such as racism and sexism, and examine the current and future state of higher education in America. Grass Roots and Glass Ceilings debunks the prevalent myth that academia is a setting where race is irrelevant, and where people are judged only by their intellectual capability."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11142726.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Grass Roots and Glass Ceilings offers observations and reflections on the experiences of African American leaders in predominantly white institutions of higher education. These current and past presidents, vice presidents, and deans relate frankly and in detail their personal experiences in the academic setting. They discuss their perseverance over obstacles such as racism and sexism, and examine the current and future state of higher education in America. Grass Roots and Glass Ceilings debunks the prevalent myth that academia is a setting where race is irrelevant, and where people are judged only by their intellectual capability."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Succeeding against the odds in higher education: advancing society by overcoming obstacles due to race and gender / Reatha Clark King -- From cotton picker to university CEO / Charlie Nelms -- Succeeding as a female African American president of a predominantly white college / Vera Farris -- "On the outside looking in" / Marie McDemmond -- "A meaningful contribution" / Horace Judson -- "A dream turned into reality" / Althia deGraft-Johnson -- All American dream/African American reality / Wesley Harris -- Out of the mainstream: an unorthodox pathway to the office of graduate dean / Barbara Solomon -- Observations and intuitions / William B. Harvey.".
- catalog extent "169 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0791441636 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0791441644 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "SUNY series, frontiers in education".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albany : State University of New York Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "378.1/11/08996073 21".
- catalog subject "African American college administrators.".
- catalog subject "Discrimination in higher education United States.".
- catalog subject "LC212.42 .G73 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Succeeding against the odds in higher education: advancing society by overcoming obstacles due to race and gender / Reatha Clark King -- From cotton picker to university CEO / Charlie Nelms -- Succeeding as a female African American president of a predominantly white college / Vera Farris -- "On the outside looking in" / Marie McDemmond -- "A meaningful contribution" / Horace Judson -- "A dream turned into reality" / Althia deGraft-Johnson -- All American dream/African American reality / Wesley Harris -- Out of the mainstream: an unorthodox pathway to the office of graduate dean / Barbara Solomon -- Observations and intuitions / William B. Harvey.".
- catalog title "Grass roots and glass ceilings : African American administrators in predominantly white colleges and universities / edited by William B. Harvey.".
- catalog type "text".