This study examined the impact of gender, institutional characteristics, years of professional experience in higher education, and highest earned degree on perceptions of career advancement factors held by midlevel Black female and male student affairs administrators. Midlevel Black female student affairs administrators were more likely than their Black male counterparts to perceive disparities related to career advancement factors. They perceived elevated professional standards, gender discrimination, underutilization of their skills, and negative societal attitudes regarding Black women. Although women were more likely to perceive disparities in career advancement factors, women at medium institutions were less likely than men at medium institutions to perceive that they are subjected to negative societal attitudes about Black people of their gender group. When gender was removed from the analysis, all administrators at medium institutions were more likely than their counterparts at small institutions to perceive that they are included in decision-making processes. Additional findings beyond the scope of the original research questions indicate that years of experience and highest earned degree also impact the career advancement perceptions held by all of the participants in this study. The sample population for this study were members of College Student Educators International (ACPA), the National Association of Student Affairs Professionals (NASAP), and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). Data was collected using an electronic version of the "Perceptions of Career Advancement Survey" adapted from Coleman's (2002) "African American Student Affairs Administrator Survey". / A Dissertation Submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy
Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of
Education. / Fall Semester, 2006. / September 21, 2006. / Black Women Student Affairs Administrators, African American Women Student Affairs Administrat, African American Student Affairs Administrators, Black Student Affairs Administrators / Includes bibliographical references. / Robert A. Schwartz, Professor Directing Dissertation; Maxine D. Jones, Outside Committee Member; Beverly L. Bower, Committee Member; Victoria-Maria MacDonald, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_175845 |
| Contributors | Belk, Adria (authoraut), Schwartz, Robert A. (professor directing dissertation), Jones, Maxine D. (outside committee member), Bower, Beverly L. (committee member), MacDonald, Victoria-Maria (committee member), Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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