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Subject(s)

• College personnel management—United States [Browse]
• College teachers—Family relationships—United States [Browse]
• College teachers—United States—Leaves of absence [Browse]
• College personnel management—United States—Case studies [Browse]
• College teachers—Family relationships—United States—Case studies [Browse]
• College teachers—United States—Leaves of absence—Case studies [Browse]

Editor

• Anderson, Erin K., 1974- [Browse]
• Solomon, Catherine Richards, 1974- [Browse]

Author

• Anderson, Erin K., 1974- [Browse]
• Solomon, Catherine Richards, 1974- [Browse]

Summary note

"This volume discusses why faculty and administrators of academe should care about implementing family-friendly policies and practices, as well as how they can advocate for policy changes. In section one, the book's focus is on empirical studies that demonstrate the need for innovative programs and policies for faculty at colleges and universities. These pieces explore issues such as the value of work/life programs for employee retention, the need for a variety of family support policies including elder care, and the influence of workplace culture on the use of existing policies. Section two includes case studies of the process of formulating family-friendly policies and their adoption at a variety of universities. The subjects of these chapters include use of the Family and Medical Leave Act, the enactment of a parental leave policy, the development of a unique "life cycle professorship program," and strategies used to implement new policies. The case study chapters provide descriptions of the identification of faculty and staff needs and the process of policy development as well as advice to faculty and administrators who seek to develop similar policies at their institutions."--Publisher's website.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• University family-friendly policies : professors' experiences and perceptions / Catherine Richards Solomon
• Do work/life policies matter? : the importance of work/life policies for reducing faculty intention to quit / Catherine White Berheide and Rena Linden
• Could I be THAT guy? : the influence of policy and climate on men's paternity leave use / Erin K. Anderson
• Caring for aging parents : managing the personal and professional in academia / Rona J. Karasik, Debra L. Berke, and Scott D. Scheer
• Introduction to case studies / Erin K. Anderson and Catherine Richards Solomon
• A tale of two policies : lessons learned in writing and adopting parental leave policies at a university / Brandy A. Randall and Virginia Clark Johnson
• Changing work/life policy in institutions of higher education : a case study / Leslie E. Tower
• Understanding family and medical leave at a large public university / Stacey Oliker and Amanda I. Seligman
• Life happens : the vilas life cycle professorship program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison / Jennifer Sheridan, Christine Maidl Pribbenow, Molly Carnes, Jo Handelsman, and Amy Wendt
• Discussion / Erin K. Anderson and Catherine Richards Solomon.

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ISBN

• 9780739194393 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
• 0739194399 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))

LCCN

2015002891

OCLC

900594557

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