Fear Factor: How Safe Is It to Make Time for Family?

Autor/inn/en	Ward, Kelly; Wolf-Wendel, Lisa
Titel	Fear Factor: How Safe Is It to Make Time for Family?
Quelle	In: Academe, 90 (2004) 6, S.28-31 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0190-2946
Schlagwörter	Family Work Relationship; Personnel Policy; College Faculty; Women Faculty; Tenure + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Personalpolitik; Fakultät; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer
Abstract	Biological and tenure clocks have the unfortunate tendency to tick loudly, clearly, and at the same time. The average age at which faculty earn the PhD is thirty-four, putting the tenure decision at about age forty, just when a woman's fertility is in serious decline. As more women enter the academic profession as assistant professors, more of them are choosing to combine work and family while on the tenure track. This trend does not mean that women professors are not serious about their careers. What it does mean, however, is that the landscape and the nuances of the academic labor force are changing. Have policies within higher education kept up with these changes? What are academic institutions doing to accommodate women? Are they left to fend for themselves? From a practice and policy perspective, what can institutions do to help faculty meaningfully combine an academic career and a personal life that includes children? This article addresses these questions in three ways: (1) It provides an overview of the literature about work and family policies for faculty in higher education; (2) It discusses the challenges of creating policies and encouraging faculty to use them; and, finally; (3) It suggests courses of action for different campus stakeholders who are likely to influence the policy and work environment for faculty. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10