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

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015002891
ISBN9780739194393 (cloth : alk. paper)