Family-friendly policies and practices in academe / edited by Erin K. Anderson and Catherine Richards Solomon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anderson, Erin K., 1974- editor.

Solomon, Catherine Richards, 1974- editor .

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College personnel management--United States.

College personnel management.

College teachers.

College teachers--Family relationships.

United States.

College teachers--Family relationships--United States.

College teachers--United States--Leaves of absence.

College personnel management--United States--Case studies.

College teachers--Family relationships--United States--Case studies.

College teachers--United States--Leaves of absence--Case studies.

College teachers--Leaves of absence.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

viii, 203 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London: Lexington Books, [2015]

Summary:

This book 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 Part I, the book focuses 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. Part II 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 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. Book jacket.

Contents:

University family-friendly policies : professors' experiences and perceptions / Catherine Richards Solomon

Do work/life policies matter? : the importance of work/life policies for faculty intentions to quit / Catherine White Berheide and Rena Linden

Could I be that guy : the influence of campus climate on paternity leave use / Erin K. Anderson

Caring for aging parents : balancing the personal and professional in academia / Rona J. Karasik, Debra L. Berke, and Scott D. Scheer

Introduction to case studies section / 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739194393

0739194399

OCLC:

900594557