"Advisors may find it difficult to imagine how their careers might progress unless they venture into the more traditional realms of student affairs. Howevere, if an advisor identifies with one of the themes presented, she may find the book insightful. I would strongly recommend this book to women in their twenties who are in the early stages of a student affairs career. The essays illustrating varied career paths, diverse struggles faced, and numerous choices made are easy-to-read and informational. The combination of factual summaries and personal insights allow a woman to imagine her future in the field of student affairs."--NACADA Journal

"Roads Taken accomplishes a couple of important things. First it opens up a topic that matters. The first-person accounts that characterize the book constitute a helpful starting place in thinking seriously and comprehensively about mid-career issues for women in student affairs. Second, it does a competent job of 'setting the table' for others who will address the topic of mid-career in a more systematic and scholarly way."--Journal of College Student Development

"This book has two clear audiences, female administrators approaching or at mid-career and those who supervise them…The authors are candid and share the sacrifices they have mode for their families and their careers, including long distance relationships, lateral and backwards steps in their careers, and changes in work schedules and responsibilities to accommodate children…While Roads Taken: Women in Student Affairs at Mid-Career obviously is written for women in student affairs, many of the chapters in this book would be useful to any woman in higher education administration and looking to climb the proverbial career ladder. Select chapters, focusing on the move to faculty positions, also may be of interest to female faculty members."--The National Teaching and Learning Forum

CONTRIBUTORS:

Margaret J. Barr
Lisa Berman-Hills
Barbara Fienman
Rebecca Gutierrez
Keeton
Sheila Shaw Horton
Mary F. Howard-
Hamilton
Carole Hughes
Susan R. Jones
Jean Joyce-Brady
Melissa McDaniels
Sarah Marshall
Gail P. Olyha
Anna M. Ortiz
Gage E. Paine
Kristen A. Renn
Suzanne Rice
Martha H. Ruel
Marcie Schorr
Hirsch
Susan B. Twombly
Lisa E.Wolf-Wendel
Julie M.Wong
Terry Zacker