TY - BOOK AU - Lumby,Jacky AU - Coleman,Marianne TI - Leadership and diversity: challenging theory and practice in education T2 - [Education leadership for social change series] SN - 9781848604568 AV - LB2806 .L86 2007 U1 - 371.2 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Los Angeles, London PB - SAGE KW - Educational leadership KW - Diversity in the workplace KW - Education KW - Administration KW - General KW - bisacsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-138) and indexes; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - What do we mean by diversity? Why is it an important issue for leaders of schools, colleges and universities? As society becomes increasingly diverse, there is significant international awareness in education about how this impacts on leaders and leadership. For decades the emphasis has been placed on increasing the number of leaders with specific attributes, such as women or those from ethnic minorities, to encourage a true representation of society. This far-reaching book takes a wider view, challenging the reader to recognize the importance of diversity issues and to embed diversity as cent UR - http://books.google.com/books?id=OuWdAAAAMAAJ UR - http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/DCARead?standardNoType=1&standardNo=141292183X:srcdbname=worldcat:fromExternal=true&sessionid=0 ER -