The purpose of this study is to investigate differences and/or similarities between women’s and men’s career mobility toward the superintendency in terms of career pathways and movement patterns, with specific attention to women’s career pathways as they correspond with their aspiration to the superintendency. To address these aims, educational administrators’ career mobility will be explored by comparing and contrasting groups of: . men superintendents; . women superintendents; . women central office administrators who aspire to the superintendency; and . women central office administrators who do not aspire to the superintendency