November-December 2004

Features

Working Part Time After Tenure
By Sharon Lobel
A tenured professor makes case for working part time.

Family-Friendly Policies and the Research University
By Kate Quinn, Sheila Edwards Lange, and Steven G. Olswang
The University of Washington's experience sugegsts ways to make waork-family policies succeed.

Fear Factor: How Safe Is It to Make Time for Family?
By Kelly Ward and Lisa Wolf-Wendel
Charting course toward work-family policies that faculty will actually be able to use.

Do Babies Matter (Part II)? Closing the Baby Gap
By Mary Ann Mason and Marc Goulden
Do academic careers curb the ability of faculty to form families?

Hitting the Maternal Wall
By Joan C. Williams
Before they reach a "glass ceiling" in their careers, women faculty may hit a "maternal wall."

Balancing Work and Family for Faculty: Why It's Important
By John W. Curtis
Faculty members need to "get a life"—both they and their institutions will benefit as a result.

Developing and Implementing Work-Family Policies for Faculty
By Beth Sullivan, Carol Hollenshead, and Gilia Smith
A survey of policies now in place reveals strategies for introducing them at other campuses.