Advancing Women into Senior-Level Positions

The following web sites contain information that will help women in higher education who seek to advance their careers.

Publications (Print and Online)

• About.Com For Women Only Career Planning provides career information for women.

• Diverse Issues in Higher Education web site  has job listings and a news magazine dedicated exclusively to minority issues in higher education.

• The Chronicle of Higher Education Online is the number one news source for college and university faculty members and administrators. It includes job announcements and career advancement advice. Please note that you must be a subscriber to access some parts of the web site.

• The ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education is a comprehensive, online search engine and database with information including, but not limited to the following topics: presidential searches as an articulation of organizational goals; presidential succession; the president as scholar; strategies for constituency and goal identification; personal leadership beliefs; community support; working with the board of trustees; culture and leadership; teams and teamwork; cognitive frames; efficiency and quality; and the importance of the budget process.

• Hispanic Outlook is a national magazine that focuses on issues affecting minorities and minority issues in higher education.
  

• ACE's Roundtable of Executive Search Firms  includes a listing of representatives from professional search firms that work with ACE to identify appropriate individuals for executive-level positions in higher education.