Helping Faculty find Work-Life Balance: The Path Toward Family-Friendly Institutions
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0470540958
ISBN 13
9780470540954
Category
First Year Professor
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Publication Year
2010
Publisher
Jossey-Bass, United States
Pages
240
Description
This book focuses on how academics juggle the demands of their personal and professional life. The authors focus on faculty's specific challenges change over the years of their academic careers. Topics covers include the changing academic workplace, roles and rewards, the issue of tenure, what institutions offer, the division of labor inside the home, spousal/partner hiring policies, the changing definition of fatherhood, how individuals cope, and what exemplary institutional are doing to reform the system. The authors include recommendations both for faculty and for the institution.
Number of Copies
1
