Helping Faculty Find Work-Life Balance

<p>Helping Faculty Find Work-Life Balance gives voice to faculty and reveals the myriad personal and professional issues faculty face over the span of their academic careers. Based on years of in-the-field research and two gender-based studies, Maike Ingrid Philipsen and Timothy Bostic give the issue of work-life balance a fresh perspective by taking a comparative approach to the topic in regard to both gender and career stage. The authors’ research reports on the experiences of male and female faculty at early-, mid-, and late-career stages. In addition, the book goes beyond the typical “family-friendly” approach and takes an all-encompassing “life-friendly” view, recognizing the need to strive for balance in the lives of all faculty members.</p> <p>Philipsen and Bostic describe enablers and obstacles that faculty encounter during their careers and how policies and programs might more effectively address the needs of faculty. Helping Faculty Find Work-Life Balance is filled with illustrative cases from exemplary institutions to showcase what they are doing to reform the system.</p> <p>Praise for Helping Faculty Find Work-Life Balance</p> <p>”As a junior faculty member and father of three, I know that balancing family and work can be a significant challenge. Philipsen and Bostic’s research provides a wonderful opportunity to consider different approaches I can take to successfully navigate the road ahead.”<br /> —Scott J. Allen, assistant professor of management, John Carroll University</p> <p>”The authors have presented a best-practices approach to real work-life dilemmas that they have documented among American faculty. Administrators should find this book of great practical help.”<br /> —Teresa A. Sullivan, president, University of Virginia</p>