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Loyalty & Respect
The (Aging) College President
March 12, 2012 - 3:00am
By
Doug Lederman
The American college president's office overwhelmingly remains a haven for white men -- but increasingly, those white men are over 60, too, a study released today by the American Council on Education shows.
"The American College President," an every-few-years profile of demographic and other characteristics of campus chief executives, in some ways shows very little change from its last iteration, in 2006. The average age in 2011 had crept up to 60.7 years from 59.9 years, men filled 73.6 percent of jobs compared to 77 percent, and minority presidents had actually lost a bit of ground, to 12.6 percent of campus CEOs from 13.6 percent in 2006 (even counting historically black colleges).
But other demographic data about today's crop of presidents leave the overpowering -- and, to ACE President Molly Corbett Broad, the "sobering" -- impression that postsecondary institutions face a potentially sweeping turnover in their top jobs.
While the average age may only have edged up (by less than a year) since 2006, the proportion of presidents who are older (and presumably closer to retirement) has soared. In 1986, when ACE first conducted its survey of presidents, 42 percent of campus leaders were 50 or under, and only 14 percent were 61 or older.
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/...ore-likely-come-outside-academe#ixzz1oyQOGcY6
Inside Higher Ed
March 12, 2012 - 3:00am
By
Doug Lederman
The American college president's office overwhelmingly remains a haven for white men -- but increasingly, those white men are over 60, too, a study released today by the American Council on Education shows.
"The American College President," an every-few-years profile of demographic and other characteristics of campus chief executives, in some ways shows very little change from its last iteration, in 2006. The average age in 2011 had crept up to 60.7 years from 59.9 years, men filled 73.6 percent of jobs compared to 77 percent, and minority presidents had actually lost a bit of ground, to 12.6 percent of campus CEOs from 13.6 percent in 2006 (even counting historically black colleges).
But other demographic data about today's crop of presidents leave the overpowering -- and, to ACE President Molly Corbett Broad, the "sobering" -- impression that postsecondary institutions face a potentially sweeping turnover in their top jobs.
While the average age may only have edged up (by less than a year) since 2006, the proportion of presidents who are older (and presumably closer to retirement) has soared. In 1986, when ACE first conducted its survey of presidents, 42 percent of campus leaders were 50 or under, and only 14 percent were 61 or older.
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/...ore-likely-come-outside-academe#ixzz1oyQOGcY6
Inside Higher Ed