Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Carolyn Hodges ,
Olga M. Welch ,
Earl T. Braxton
Publisher: Harvard Educational Publishing Group
Imprint: Harvard Educational Publishing Group
Dimensions:
Width: 13.70cm
, Height: 0.70cm
, Length: 20.80cm
Weight: 0.203kg
ISBN: 9781682531723
ISBN 10: 1682531724
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 08 May 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
""The authors provided a great balance of conceptually framing their work and providing rich and relevant examples from their deanships. I think this book serves as a great model of scholarly narrative writing, and it is an example I would offer to my students as such."" --Teachers College Record
The authors provided a great balance of conceptually framing their work and providing rich and relevant examples from their deanships. I think this book serves as a great model of scholarly narrative writing, and it is an example I would offer to my students as such. --Teachers College Record
Author Information
Carolyn R. Hodges is professor of German at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and former dean of the Graduate School at the University of Tennessee. Olga M. Welch is the former dean of the School of Education at Duquesne University.
