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The Challenge of Balancing Faculty Careers and Family Work: New Directions for Higher Education, Number 130 (Paperback)

The Challenge of Balancing Faculty Careers and Family Work: New Directions for Higher Education, Number 130 By He, Curtis Cover Image
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This is book number 130 in the New Directions for Higher Education series.

Description


This volume focuses on how colleges can, and must, help its faculty with the challenge of balancing careers and family. This is a challnege for colleges and universities if they are to recruit and retain the most able faculty. In particular, as long as women are at a structural disadvantage in pursuing faculty careers to the full extent of their abilities, colleges and universities will not be drawing from the complete pool of potential faculty members.

The Challenge of Balancing Faculty Careers and Family Work is an instructive and informative issue for both college faculty and administrators, filled with important analysis of the current collegiate working climate, recent studies, and innovative ideas, written by experienced and thoughtful contributors.

This is the 130th issue of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Higher Education.

About the Author


John W. Curtis is the author of The Challenge of Balancing Faculty Careers and Family Work: New Directions for Higher Education, Number 130, published by Wiley.


Product Details
ISBN: 9780787981907
ISBN-10: 0787981907
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Publication Date: June 22nd, 2005
Pages: 130
Language: English
Series: New Directions for Higher Education