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Truth Without Tears: African American Women Deans Share Lessons in Leadership
Contributor(s): Hodges, Carolyn R. (Author), Welch, Olga M. (Author), Braxton, Earl T. (Afterword by)
ISBN: 1682531724     ISBN-13: 9781682531723
Publisher: Harvard Education PR
OUR PRICE:   $28.50  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2018
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Higher
- Education | Leadership
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
Dewey: 378.11
LCCN: 2017058052
Series: Race and Education
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.95 lbs) 176 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Publisher Description:
Truth Without Tears is a timely and insightful portrait of Black women leaders in American colleges and universities. Carolyn R. Hodges and Olga M. Welch are former deans who draw extensively on their experience as African American women to account for both the challenges and opportunities facing women of color in educational leadership positions.

Hodges and Welch deftly combine autobiography with more general information and observations to fashion an interesting and helpful book about higher education leadership. They offer their perspectives on being the first deans of color in two predominately white institutions in an effort to fill a gap that exists in the literature on deanships in higher education.

Each chapter offers reflections or examples of the authors' particular experiences that have taught them how to become effective leaders. The book engages readers to consider ways of learning how to balance the need for action with "deliberative and deliberate approaches" that are grounded in maintaining decisiveness, accountability, and allegiance to organizational goals, especially those that support inclusiveness and diversity of perspective.

A nuanced and complex depiction of successful leadership, Truth Without Tears is a valuable resource for current and aspiring higher education leaders.

Contributor Bio(s): Milner, H. Richard: - H. Richard Milner IV is the Helen Faison Professor of Urban Education and director of the Center for Urban Education at the University of Pittsburgh School for Education.