Women Leaders: Advancing Careers recognizes that while the majority ofstudents enrolled in educational leadership preparation programs continue to bewomen; women’s advancement to top school executive roles is still notcomparable to that of men. Despite significant gains in the past decade, the biasedtreatment of women continues to be a barrier to their advancement to keyadministrative positions.The authors in Women Leaders: Advancing Careers have contributed significantly to the growingbody of literature aimed at assisting the career advancement of women. Their research indicates that theconcepts presented herein are critical to women’s leadership preparations, advancement, and success. WomenLeaders: Advancing Careers melds history, theory, research, and practice to provide guidance to aspiringwomen administrators in developing a career path and in attaining and successfully performing in executiveroles.
