Establishing the Family-Friendly Campus : Models for Effective Practice

by Lester, Jaime

• ISBN13: 9781579223311
• ISBN10: 1579223311
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-30
• Publisher: Stylus Pub Llc

Summary

The impact of changing demographics in higher education, and the importance of family-friendly policies, is well documented. There is an urgent need to keep PhDs in the higher education sector, to recruit talented scholars into academia, and retain them over the course of their academic careers. The key is instituting policies to enable all constituencies to balance work and personal responsibilities. This book covers the range of issues faced by all generations in academe, from PhD students, to the "sandwich generation" (those caring for children and aging parents simultaneously) through to older faculty and administrators. It addresses the causes for women faculty with children leaving the academy at a disproportionately higher rate than men, the conflicts women face between academic work and motherhood, and the difficulties they encounter in reentering the academy after having left the professoriate. In examining the need for family-friendly policies, this book documents the "best practices" currently in use at institutions across the United States. Each chapter highlights practices and programs from a variety of institutions and institutional types that address the needs of a more inclusive family-friendly campus and offers suggestions to others who are implementing similar change on their campuses. These examples provide context so that readers no longer have to develop practices in isolation, and without evidence of their effectiveness. The editors suggest that the most successful campuses are those that utilize a work-life systems framework to meet the needs of its employees. They also point to future growth trends, including expanding the focus from faculty and staff to incorporate all in the campus community This book offers guidance to department chairs, deans, faculty, administrators, and graduate students on setting a family-friendly agenda, and models for implementation. Contributors include [rearrange alphabetically]: Jaime Lester, Margaret Sallee, Gloria D. Thomas, Jean McLaughlin, Kate Quinn, Randi Shapiro, Mary Ann Mason, Marc Goulden, Karie Frasch, Sharon Page-Medrich, Angelica Stacy, Darci Thompson, Dave Swihart, Caryn Jung, Jill Bickett, Emily Arms, Sharon A. Dannels, Sharon A. McDade, Kathleen Beauchesne, Jeni Hart, and Mariko Dawson Zare .

Author Biography

The Editors: Jaime Lester is Assistant Professor in the Higher Education Program, George Mason University; Margaret Sallee is Assistant Professor of Higher Education at The University of Tennessee. Knoxville.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Challenges And Efforts Of Career Flexibility In Higher Education	p. 1
Balance@UW Work-Family Cultural Change at the University of Washington	p. 18
Connecting Work And Life at The University Of Arizona Strategic Practice by UA Life & Work Connection	p. 37
Family-Friendly Policies In Catholic Colleges And Universities A Socially Just Imperative	p. 53
Hopkins 247 The Story of Leadership and Excellence in Work and Personal Life	p. 72
The Devil Is In The Details Creating Family-Friendly Departments for Faculty at the University of California	p. 88
Shaping The Work Environment And Family-Friendly Policies A Perspective from Deans	p. 105
Family-Friendly Activism	p. 125
From Advocacy To Action Making Graduate School Family Friendly	p. 141
The Family-Friendly Campus In The 21st Century	p. 159
Appendix: Resources	p. 167
About The Authors	p. 175
Index	p. 183
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