More Women, Minorities Head Colleges, But Rate of Increase Slows
WASHINGTON
The rate of increase in the number of women and minorities serving as college presidents slowed during the past three years according to The American College President: 2002 Edition, the results of a new survey of college presidents released last month by the American Council on Education (ACE). At the same time, the number of presidents recruited from outside of higher education nearly doubled.
Since 1986, the percentage of women college presidents has more than doubled — from 9.5 percent to 21.1 percent — while the percentage of minority presidents increased from 8.1 percent to 12.8 percent, according to the report. However the rate of growth has slowed in recent years, increasing only 1.8 percentage points for women and 1.5 percentage points for minorities since 1998.
