Acknowledgments Introduction: Voices of Black Women from the Contested Terrain of Higher Education Leadership, by OLGA M. WELCH AND CAROLYN R. HODGES 1 Conquering the Glass Cliff and Riding Deceptive Escalators: Black Women Leading with and beyond Difference, by OLGA M. WELCH AND CAROLYN R. HODGES 2 The DEI Conundrum for Black Women Leaders, by STEPHANIE J. ROWLEY 3 The Reason Universities Don?t Have More Black Women in Higher Education Academic Leadership is Because They Don?t Want Them!: Revisiting the Past to Reshape the Present, by WANDA J. BLANCHETT 4 From Gatekeeping to Groundskeeping: Cultivating Seeds of Black Women Emerging Leaders, by TAM?RA-KAY FRANCIS 5 Intercultural Dimensions and Higher Education Leadership: Barriers and Stepping Stones for Black Women Professionals in Unique Predominantly White Institutions, by JANICE D. M.

MITCHELL From the Chrysalis to the Long Green Table: Closing Thoughts, by OLGA M. WELCH Afterword: ?They Wouldn?t Let Us Lead??, by CAROL CAMP YEAKEY Index Contributors.