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Family-friendly policies and practices in academe
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<span><span>This volume discusses why faculty and administrators of academe should care about implementing family-friendly policies and practices, as well as how faculty and administrators can advo...
<span><span>This volume discusses why faculty and administrators of academe should care about implementing family-friendly policies and practices, as well as how faculty and administrators can advocate for policy changes. Faculty and administrators can benefit from these case studies' guidance on how to create family-friendly campuses at their institutions.</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>
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- Creator
- edited by Erin K. Anderson and Catherine Richards Solomon ; contributors, Erin K. Anderson [and sixteen others]
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2015
- ©2015
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (213 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9780739194393, 0739194399, 9780739194409
- OCLC
- ocn900594557
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- English
- Contents; Part I: Inspecting the Ivory Tower: What We Know about Work/Life Policies in the Academy; 1 Introduction to Volume; 2 University Family-Friendly Policies; 3 Do Work/Life Policies Matter?; 4 "Could I be THAT Guy?"; 5 Caring for Aging Parents; Part II: Tales from the Trenches: The Goals, Challenges, and Realities of Policy Implementation; 6 Introduction to Case Studies; 7 A Tale of Two Policies; 8 Changing Work/Life Policy in Institutions of Higher Education; 9 Understanding Family and Medical Leave at a Large Public University; 10 Life Happens; 11 Discussion; Index
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Subjects
- College personnel management -- 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.