This title is an "IGI Global Core Reference for 2019" as it is one of the best-selling reference books within the Education subject area in January 2019, providing trending and emerging research around how gender intersects with specific challenges, issues, and strategies within higher education. Edited by prominent IGI Global editors from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, U.S., this publication is ideally designed for educators, researchers, academicians, scholars, policymakers, educational administrators, graduate-level students, and pre-service teachers. "Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Higher Education Leadership" is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the specific challenges, issues, strategies, and solutions that are associated with diverse leadership in higher education. While highlighting topics such as educational administration, leader mentorship, and professional promotion, this publication explores evidence-based professional practice for women in higher education who are currently in or are seeking positions of leadership, as well as the methods of nurturing women in administrative positions. This book is ideally designed for educators, researchers, academicians, scholars, policymakers, educational administrators, graduate-level students, and pre-service teachers seeking current research on the state of educational leadership in regard to gender. This book contains the following chapters: (1) Innovative Approaches to Traditional Mentoring Practices of Women in Higher Education (Aubrey LeeAnne Coy Statti and Kelly M. Torres); (2) Mentoring Female Leaders at Multiple Levels in One Higher Education Institution (Meagan Moreland and Tobi Thompson); (3) motherscholar: MotherLeader (Heidi L. Schnackenberg); (4) Women in Higher Education Leadership: Exploring the Intersections of Race and Gender (Lauren T. Gonyea); (5) Interlocking Systems of Oppression: Women Navigating Higher Education Leadership (Marissiko M. Wheaton and Adrianna Kezar); (6) The "Double-Whammy" of Being Black and a Woman in Higher Education Leadership (Stephanie R. Logan and Harriette Scott Dudley); (7) Challenges for Asian American and Immigrant Asian Women in the U.S. Higher Education Administration (Sayani Roy); (8) The Challenges and Responsibilities of White Women in Leadership: Strategies for Interrogating Whiteness in Higher Education (Tenisha Tevis); (9) An Unlikely School Leader: Experiences of an Introverted Woman (Alison Puliatte); (10) Holding Out for a Hero: Leadership Discourse in College and University Presidential Job Postings in a 20-Year Span (Regina L. Garza Mitchell, Erika A. Carr, Lisa R. Garcia, Luke E. Steinman, Marlene Kowalski-Braun, and Andrea L. Beach); (11) Women's Leadership Aspirations and Career Paths in Higher Education: Influence of Personal Factors (Lilian H. Hill, Celeste A. Wheat, Tanyaradzwa C. Mandishona, and Andrea E. Blake); (12) Successful Women Leaders: The Convergence of Personal and Professional Promotion (Freda R. Russell); (13) Women in Higher Education Leadership: Challenges Are Many While Opportunities Are Few (Freda Ginsberg, Julia Davis, and Andrea Simms); (14) Women Community College Faculty Members: Current and Future Pathways to Leadership (Saralyn McKinnon-Crowley); (15) Women and Technology: Disrupting Leadership in Engineering Education (Jennifer Loy); (16) Women Leaders Evolution in Our Society From the Perspective of a Son of a Women Leader (Jon Storslee); and (17) Women in Leadership: Summary for Success (Kerri Erin Zappala-Piemme).