Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Davis, James
Committee Member
Campbell, Charles
Committee Member
Watson, Joshua
Committee Member
Sparkman, Lavinia
Date of Degree
12-11-2009
Document Type
Dissertation - Open Access
Major
Community College Leadership
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
College
College of Education
Department
Department of Leadership and Foundations
Abstract
The community college is one of the most diverse institutions of higher learning in regards to the make-up of its student population. However, with such a large representation of diversity within its student population, the community college has not been as successful in diversifying the community college presidency. The purpose of this research study was to examine the career paths, barriers, and professional experiences of African American community college presidents and White community college presidents. A secondary purpose of this study was to examine potential recruitment strategies to recruit minority administrators. A total of 176 African American and White community college presidents were surveyed, and 105 (N = 105) surveys were used for the study. Fiftyive surveys were from White/Caucasian community college presidents and fifty surveys were from Black/African American community college presidents. A self-developed survey (Presidents’ Survey) was used to collect the data. Chi-Square, Analysis of Variance, frequencies, and percentages were used for data analysis. Results of the study indicate that African American and White community college presidents differ significantly in terms of marital status, graduation from a historically Black college or university (HBCU), make-up of student body at their institutions, location of their institutions, and in attendance of leadership development workshops. Results of the statistical analysis are presented in narrative and table form to answer the five research questions. The study concludes with a summary, conclusions, implications, and recommendations for further research.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/16229
Recommended Citation
Bradley, Cedric Andreas, "Career paths, barriers, and professional experiences: a comparison study of African American community college presidents and white community college presidents" (2009). Theses and Dissertations. 962.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/962