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Young women at the helm: tips on leading, learning.(IN HER OWN WORDS)

Women in Higher Education

| December 01, 2007 | Haney, Pamela J. | COPYRIGHT 2007 Women in Higher Education. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

When I relocated with my husband to Reno last year and began a job search, I was reluctant to start over.

Leaving behind a position as dean of liberal arts at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hill, Illinois, and moving to a city with one university and one community college, I felt as though my career was shipwrecked. Serving as a dean by age 37 had been a major accomplishment; I wondered if I would be able to regain the benefits of the years of effort I put into vigilantly paddling up the stream of higher education.

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After seven months of searching and waiting for jobs to open, I interviewed for a position as ...

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