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Videoconference examines changing role of today's college president

by Dorothy Givens Terry , June 24, 2007

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Attorney Felicenne Ramey, professor of business administration at California State University-Sacramento, and researcher of women's leadership style in higher education, said that women college presidents are under particular pressure because many come to the position without significant fundraising experience.

While the average stay for a college president may be five years, Ramey said, women tend to leave after two years because "there is not much tolerance for what they are doing." "But I think they should be given the opportunity," she said, citing Spelman College president Johnetta Cole for her leadership and fundraising.

 

Despite the challenges, Ramey said the role of the college president "is more important to society today in 1996 than it was ten or fifteen years ago. It's the most remarkable position in our society."

 


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