Faculty fathers : toward a new ideal in the research university / Margaret W. Sallee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sallee, Margaret, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

College teachers.

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

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

Male teachers.

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

Family leave--United States--Case studies.

Family leave.

Sex differences in education--United States--Case studies.

Sex differences in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For the past two decades, colleges and universities have focused significant attention on helping female faculty balance work and family by implementing a series of family-friendly policies. Although most policies were targeted at men and women alike, women were intended as the primary targets and recipients. This groundbreaking book makes clear that including faculty fathers in institutional efforts is necessary for campuses to attain gender equity. Based on interviews with seventy faculty fathers at four research universities around the United States, this book explores the challenges faculty fathers—from assistant professors to endowed chairs—face in finding a work/life balance. Margaret W. Sallee shows how universities frequently punish men who want to be involved fathers and suggests that cultural change is necessary—not only to help men who wish to take a greater role with their children, but also to help women and spouses who are expected to do the same.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction""; ""Navigating Parenthood at the Research University""; ""The Ideal Worker in the Gendered University""; ""The Gendered University""; ""Work/Life Issues and the Faculty Career""; ""Accommodating Family Demands at the Research University""; ""Tenure-Clock Extension""; ""Pregnancy Leave, Childbearing Leave, and Parental Leave""; ""Release from Teaching Duties (Active Service/Modified Duties)""; ""Part-Time Tenure Track""; ""Backup Childcare""; ""Miscellaneous Institutional Programs""; ""Methodology""; ""Campus Profiles""

""A Snapshot of the Fathers""""Methods of Data Collection""; ""Organization of the Book""; ""2. Conflicting Roles: The Ideal Worker or the Ideal Father?""; ""The Faculty Career Is Ideal for Parenting?""; ""The Ideal Faculty Member Is the Ideal Worker""; ""The Ideal Worker as Breadwinner, not Caregiver""; ""Mothers versus Fathers: Biological and Socially-Constructed Differences""; ""Contrasting Opinions over Policy Use""; ""Career and Identity Consequences for Policy Use""; ""Conclusion""; ""3. Family-Friendly or Father-Friendly: Institutional Culture and the Ideal Worker""

""Elements of Organizations that Shape Men�s Ability to Balance Work and Family""""Existence of Formal Policies""; ""History of Policy Use""; ""Managerial Support""; ""Coworker Support""; ""Eastern University: Neither Father-Friendly nor Mother-Friendly""; ""Location""; ""Policies and Programs""; ""Central Administration""; ""Department-Level Support""; ""Southern University: Family-Friendly or Mommy-Friendly?""; ""Location""; ""Policies and Programs""; ""Central Administration""; ""Department-Level Support""; ""Western University: Working Toward a Father-Friendly Culture""; ""Location""

""Policies and Programs""""Central Administration""; ""Department-Level Support""; ""Midwestern University: Family-Friendly Policies, Father-Friendly Departments""; ""Location""; ""Programs and Policies""; ""Central Administration""; ""Department-Level Support""; ""Conclusion""; ""Location""; ""Existence of Policies""; ""History of Policy Use""; ""Support from Administration, Deans, and Chairs""; ""Support from Colleagues""; ""4. Disciplinary Culture and the Ideal Worker""; ""Structure of Work""; ""People in the Discipline""; ""Humanities and Social Sciences""; ""Structure of Work""

""People in the Discipline""""Sciences and Engineering""; ""Structure of Work""; ""People in the Discipline""; ""Professional Schools""; ""Structure of Work""; ""People in the Discipline""; ""Conclusion""; ""Structure of Work""; ""People in the Discipline""; ""5. How Family Life Affects Faculty Life""; ""Defining Productivity""; ""Hours Worked""; ""Fatherhood Leads to Increased Productivity and Efficiency""; ""Fatherhood Leads to Decreased Productivity and Scholarly Engagement""; ""Intellectual Attention and Scholarly Work""; ""Conclusion""; ""6. The Ideal Worker Inside or Outside the Home?""

""Shifting or Reinscribing Gender Norms?""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438453910

1438453914

OCLC:

893439323