Truth Without Tears: African American Women Deans Share Lessons in Leadership

Carolyn Hodges,Olga M. Welch

Truth Without Tears: African American Women Deans Share Lessons in Leadership
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Harvard Educational Publishing Group
Country
United States
Published
8 May 2018
Pages
176
ISBN
9781682531723

Truth Without Tears: African American Women Deans Share Lessons in Leadership

Carolyn Hodges,Olga M. Welch

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.

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