Work Life

The One-Two Policy Punch - Be Sure to Consider Importance and Effectiveness

Results of survey of 7,000 early career faculty examining policies and practices, tenure clarity, work/life balance, work and workplace satisfaction (1 August 2007).

Broad National Effort Urgently Needed To Maximize Potential of Women Scientists and Engineers in Academia

A report offering broad recommendations to eliminate gender bias in research universities based upon findings by the National Academies (8 Sept 2006).

Building Alliances among Women of Color and White Women: Be an Ally, Not a Friend

Kathleen Wong delineates the differences between an ally and a friend prompting thoughtful examination of the issue (2007).

We Must Make the Academic Workplace More Humane and Equitable

This article available through a Chronicle subscription.

Belkin, L. (2003, October 26). The opt-out revolution. The New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/26/magazine/26WOMEN.html?pagewanted=print&position

An article that examines the lives of successful women and their role as mothers

Fogg, P. (2003, June 13). Why some women quit their coveted tenure-track jobs. The Chronicle of Higher Education [The Faculty].

http://chronicle.com/weekly/v49/i40/40a01001.htm

An article that examines why some women quit their coveted tenure-track jobs

Jacobs, J. A. (2004). Presidential address: The faculty time divide. Sociological Forum, 19(1), 3-27.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/x2gp568260721174/

“The time demands of academic life are examined, drawing on data from a large national sample of faculty. The author outlines the divide between full-time faculty, who work long hours irrespective of rank or institution type, and part-time faculty, who work at low pay with little job security, status, recognition, or fringe benefits.”

Strober, M. H. (2003, November). Women in the workplace: The unfinished revolution. USA Today, pp. 28-29

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_2702_132/ai_110531028

Examines the lives of women as primary caregivers and employees in the workforce

Trubek, A. (2004, February 20). When a spousal hire becomes a single mom. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 50 (24), C1-C2

http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2004/02/2004022001c.htm

What happens when an academic couple breaks up, and the one who works part time needs a full-time job?

Balancing Family & Academic Work

http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/issues/WF/

The AAUP's efforts to address the special challenge of making academic careers more compatible with participation in family life proceed from the Statement of Principles on Family Responsibilities and Academic Work (2001). To encourage implementation of the policies and practices set forth in that document, the AAUP has developed this Web site as a resource for both faculty and institutions.

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