| This study of the perceptions of individuals examined what recruitment strategies are being used to increase the number of female administrators in higher education.;Qualitative methods were used to obtain the data for this study. Twenty-seven interviews were conducted at three institutions of higher education.;A major finding of this study is that both formal and informal networks are the primary method used at each institution to recruit female administrators. Some of the key ingredients that help facilitate increasing the number of female administrators are: top-level leaders encouraging the increase, human resource policies and procedures that are appealing to women, educating those who do the hiring about the importance of diversity and strategies to use to diversify the pool of candidates, creating and supporting a climate that is women friendly, and mentoring of female administrators to improve retention and succession planning. |
