School Boards That Hire Women Superintendents.

Marietti, Margaret; Stout, Robert T.

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ERIC Number: EJ478707

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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School Boards That Hire Women Superintendents.

Marietti, Margaret; Stout, Robert T.

Urban Education, v28 n4 p373-85 Jan 1994

Surveys 278 school board presidents about processes and procedures in their most recent searches for superintendents. Boards that hired female superintendents were more likely to head urban and suburban systems, to be better educated, to be of a higher social class, and to have a female majority. (SLD)

Descriptors: Administrative Change, Boards of Education, Educational Background, Educational Policy, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Females, Personnel Integration, Personnel Selection, Social Class, Social Status, Suburban Schools, Superintendents, Surveys, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue devoted to "Women in Urban Administration."