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[1] Mason, Mary Ann and Eve Mason Ekman. Mothers on the Fast Track: How a New Generation Can Balance Family and Careers, 113. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

[2] Mason, Mary Ann and Eve Mason Ekman. Mothers on the Fast Track: How a New Generation Can Balance Family and Careers, 108. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Design Parental Leaves and Stop-the-Clock Policies

[1] Thornton, Saranna R. "Maternity and Childrearing Leave Policies for Faculty: the Legal and Practical Challenges of Complying with Title VII." Southern California Review of Law and Women’s Studies 12(2) (Spring 2003): 161-2.

[2] Stanford University, Office of the Provost, "Sabbaticals and Other Leaves of Absence," Faculty Handbook (September 1, 2007): Section 3.5.

[3] Williams, Joan C., "Are Your Parental Leave Policies Legal?" Chronicle of Higher Education, 11 February 2005.

[4] The UC Faculty Family Friendly Edge. “Centralized Funding for Family Leave and Modified Duties.” UC Faculty Family Friendly Edge. http://ucfamilyedge.berkeley.edu/initiatives.html ; http://ucfamilyedge.berkeley.edu/Centralized%20funding.pdf (accessed June 22, 2009).

[5] Jean McLaughlin, email message to Mary Rauner, May 21, 2009.

[6] Ward, Kelly and Lisa Wolf-Wendel. "Fear Factor: How Safe is it to Make Time for Family?" Academe 90 (Nov -Dec 2004) available at  http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2004/ND/Feat/ndwar.htm.

[7] Hollenshead, Carol S., Beth Sullivan, Gilia C. Smith, Louise August, and Susan Hamilton. “Work/Family Policies in Higher Education: Survey Data and Case Studies of Policy Implementation.” The Challenge of Balancing Faculty Careers and Family Work: New Directions for Higher Education, 130 (Summer 2005): 41-65 

[8] Jaschik, Scott. “Ignorance About ‘Stop the Clock’ Policies,” Inside Higher Ed, 6 January 2009 available at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/01/06/stc (accessed June 22, 2009).

[9] University of Minnesota, Board of Regents. “Faculty Tenure.” Updated June 8, 2007 (page 7, section 5.5) available at http://www1.umn.edu/regents/policies/humanresources/FacultyTenure.pdf (accessed June 22, 2009).

[10] University of Chicago, Office of the Provost. “‘Stopping the Clock’ on Review for Promotion” (2009) available at http://facultyhandbook.uchicago.edu/faculty/stopping_clock.shtml (accessed June 22, 2009).

[11] Duke University, Office of the Provost, “Professional-Personal Balance” available at http://www.provost.duke.edu/faculty/balance/index.html  (accessed June 22, 2009).


[12] Drago, Robert et al. "Bias Against Caregiving." Academe Online 91, no. 5 (September-October 2005): 2 available at http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2005/SO/Feat/drag.htm (accessed August 4, 2009).

[13] Gappa, Judith M., Ann E. Austin, and Andrea G. Trice. Rethinking Faculty Work: Higher Education's Strategic Imperative. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007.

[14] Princeton University, Office of the Dean of the Faculty. “Family Friendly Policies and Programs for Princeton Faculty” (March 2006) available at http://www.princeton.edu/dof/policies/family_friendly/family_friendly/#comp000046402e1c0000001e7a19fa (accessed June 22, 2009); University of Chicago, Office of the Provost. “‘Stopping the Clock’ on Review for Promotion” (2009) available at http://facultyhandbook.uchicago.edu/faculty/stopping_clock.shtml (accessed June 22, 2009).

Provide Dual Career Support

[1] Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University. “Dual-Career Academic Couples: What Universities Need to Know” August 2008, available at http://www.stanford.edu/group/gender/ResearchPrograms/DualCareer/DualCareerFinal.pdf (accessed June 22, 2009).  

[2] Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University. “Dual-Career Academic Couples: What Universities Need to Know” August 2008, available at http://www.stanford.edu/group/gender/ResearchPrograms/DualCareer/DualCareerFinal.pdf (accessed June 22, 2009) ; Sonart, G and G. Holton Who Succeeds in Science?: The Gender Dimension. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1995. 

[3] Columbia University, The Earth Institute ADVANCE working Group on Science and Technology Recruiting to Increase Diversity (STRIDE). “A Proposal for Recruiting and Retaining Dual-Career Couples.” (October 7, 2005) available at http://www.earth.columbia.edu/advance/documents/STRIDE_dual_career_final_000.pdf (accessed June 22, 2009).

[4] Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University. “Dual-Career Academic Couples: What Universities Need to Know” August 2008, available at http://www.stanford.edu/group/gender/ResearchPrograms/DualCareer/DualCareerFinal.pdf (accessed June 22, 2009) ; Sonart, G and G. Holton Who Succeeds in Science?: The Gender Dimension. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1995.

[5] University of California, Berkeley, Office for Faculty Equity. “Appendix H: Partner Hiring Program Guidelines and Procedures” (2008) available at http://facultyequity.chance.berkeley.edu/resources/fsg_appendixh.html (accessed June 23, 2009).

[6] University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, Office of the Provost. “Dual Career Academic Couples Programs” (August 2008) available at http://www.provost.illinois.edu/communication/08/Comm08.pdf (accessed June 22, 2009).

[7] University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Office of the Provost. “Dual Career Program at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor: A Guide for Prospective or New Faculty Members and Their Partners” (September 2003) available at http://www.provost.umich.edu/programs/dual_career/DualCareerBrochure9201.pdf (accessed June 22, 2009).

[8] Wolf-Wendel, L.E. et al. “Dual-Career Couples: Keeping them Together.” The Journal of Higher Education, 71(3) (2000): 291-321.

[9] Columbia University, The Earth Institute ADVANCE working Group on Science and Technology Recruiting to Increase Diversity (STRIDE). “A Proposal for Recruiting and Retaining Dual-Career Couples.” (October 7, 2005) available at http://www.earth.columbia.edu/advance/documents/STRIDE_dual_career_final_000.pdf (accessed June 22, 2009).

[10] Columbia University, The Earth Institute ADVANCE working Group on Science and Technology Recruiting to Increase Diversity (STRIDE). “A Proposal for Recruiting and Retaining Dual-Career Couples.” (October 7, 2005) available at http://www.earth.columbia.edu/advance/documents/STRIDE_dual_career_final_000.pdf (accessed June 22, 2009).

[11] Mannix, Margaret. "Take Me, Take My Spouse." ASEE Prism 11, no. 3 (November 2001): 26-28.

[12] Duke University, Office of the Provost. “Dual/Partner Careers.” available at http://www.provost.duke.edu/faculty/partner/ (accessed June 22, 2009).

Establish Mentoring and Networking Programs

[1] Duke University, Office of the Provost. “Mentoring of Junior Faculty: Principles and Practices” (March 8, 2006) available at http://www.provost.duke.edu/policies/Faculty_Mentoring_Initiative.htm (accessed June 22, 2009).

[2] Olmstead, Marjorie A. “Mentoring New Faculty: Advice to Department Chairs.” CSWP Gazette, 13(1) (August, 1993): 1. Available at http://faculty.washington.edu/olmstd/research/Mentoring.html (accessed June 22, 2009).

[3] Ugrin, Joseph C., Marcus D. Odom, and J. Michael Pearson. “Exploring the Importance of Mentoring for New Scholars: A Social Exchange Perspective.” Journal of Information Systems Education 19(3) (2008): 343-350. Abstract available at http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/management-business/11593463-1.html (accessed June 22, 2009).

[4] University of California, San Diego, Academic Affairs. “Faculty Mentoring Program” (2009) available at http://academicaffairs.ucsd.edu/faculty/programs/fmp/ (accessed June 22, 2009).

[5] Stanford University, Faculty Women’s Forum. “Women Mentoring Women Network” available at http://fwf.stanford.edu/women_mentoring/ (accessed June 22, 2009).

[6] Yale University, Women Faculty Forum. “Structure of the Women Faculty Forum” (2009) available at http://www.yale.edu/wff/structure/index.html (accessed June 22, 2009).

Address Childcare Needs


[1] Stanford University, WorkLife Office. “On-Site Children’s Programs” available at http://worklife.stanford.edu/children_prog.html (accessed June 22, 2009).

[2] Cornell University, Office of Human Resources. “Cornell Childcare Center” (2009) available at http://www.ohr.cornell.edu/worklife/childCareCenter/index.html (accessed June 22, 2009).

[3] Cornell University, Office of Human Resources. “Child Care Grants” (2009) available at http://www.ohr.cornell.edu/benefits/childcareGrant/ (accessed June 22, 2009).

[4] Stanford University, WorkLife Office. “Child Care Subsidy Grant Program” available at http://worklife.stanford.edu/child_grant.html (accessed June 22, 2009).

[5] Harvard University, Office of the Provost. “Dependent Care Fund” available at http://www.faculty.harvard.edu/work-life-benefits-and-perks/childcare/dependent-care-fund (accessed July 20, 2009).

Offer a Part-Time Tenure Track Alternative


[1] Jacobs, Jerry A. "Sex Segregation of Occupations: Prospects for the 21st Century” in Handbook of Gender in Organizations, edited by Gary Powell, 125041. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1999; Jacobs, Jerry A. and Sarah E. Winslow, 2004. "The Academic Life Course, Time Pressures and Gender Inequality.” Community, Work and Family 7(2) (2004):143-61.

[2] Wolfinger, Nicholas H., Mary Ann Mason, and Marc Goulden. "Problems in the Pipeline: Gender, Marriage and Fertility in the Ivory Tower." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, California, August, 14-17, 2004.

[3] Mason, Mary Ann, Angelica Stacy, and Marc Goulden. UC Faculty Family Friendly Edge, “Report on the University of California Work and Family Survey: Developing New Initiatives for a Family Friendly Package” (June 9 2004) available at http://www.stanford.edu/group/gender/ResearchPrograms/DualCareer/DualCareerFinal.pdf (accessed August 4, 2009).

[4] Ibid.

[5] Quinn, Kate, Sheild Edwards Lange, Joyce Yen, and Eve Riskin. “Exploring Part-Time Tenure Track Policy at the University of Washington” (October 2004). Available at http://www.engr.washington.edu/advance/resources/Final_Report_to_Sloan.pdf (accessed June 23, 2009).

[6] Mason, Mary Ann and Eve Mason Ekman. Mothers on the Fast Track: How a New Generation Can Balance Family and Careers, 113. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Control Bias


[1] Worklife Law. “What is Hidden Gender Bias in Aacademia?” available at http://www.worklifelaw.org/GenderBias_index.html (accessed June 23, 2009).

[2] Worklife Law. “Gender Bias in Academia” available at http://www.worklifelaw.org/GenderBiasInAcademia.html (accessed June 23, 2009).

[3] University of Florida. “Faculty Recruitment Toolkit,” 23 available at http://www.aa.ufl.edu/aa/facdev/recruit/documents/Faculty_Toolkit.pdf (accessed June 23, 2009).

[4] University of Florida. “Faculty Recruitment Toolkit,” available at http://www.aa.ufl.edu/aa/facdev/recruit/documents/Faculty_Toolkit.pdf (accessed June 23, 2009).

[5] Case Western Reserve University. “Toolkit for Equitable Searches” (2008) available at http://www.cwru.edu/president/aaction/diversitytoolkit.html (accessed June 23, 2009).

[6] Stanford University, “Building on Excellence: Guide to Recruiting and Retaining an Excellent and Diverse Faculty at Stanford University” (September 2005) available at http://www.stanford.edu/dept/provost/diversity.pdf (accessed June 23, 2009);

[7] Stanford University, Faculty Development and Diversity Office. “Resources for Deans, Chairs and Search Committees” available at http://facultydevelopment.stanford.edu/searchcommittees.html (accessed June 23, 2009).

[8] Cornell University, “CU-ADVANCE Center and Cornell Interactive Theatre Ensemble (CITE)” available at http://www.advance.cornell.edu/ADVANCE_Resources/DVD_intro.html (accessed June 23, 2009).

[9] University of California, Irvine. “UCI Advance Program” (2002) available at http://advance.uci.edu/ (accessed June 23, 2009).

[10] Cornell University. “Candidate Evaluation Tool.” Available at http://www.advance.cornell.edu/ADVANCE_Resources/CandidateEvaluationTool.pdf (accessed June 23, 2009).

[11] Waltman, Jean and Carol Hollenshead. "Principles for Best Practices: A Collection of Suggested Procedures for Improving the Climate for Women Faculty Members" (December 2007). Prepared for University of Michigan ADVANCE Departmental Transformation Grant. The Center for Education of Women, University of Michigan. Available at http://www.cew.umich.edu/PDFs/BestPractices12-07.pdf (accessed June 23, 2009).

[12] Trish Kalbas-Schmidt, ADVANCE Program Leader at the Utah State University. Personal communication with the author.

[13] Jacobs, Jerry A. "Sex Segregation of Occupations: Prospects for the 21st Century” in Handbook of Gender in Organizations, edited by Gary Powell, 125041. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1999; Jacobs, Jerry A. and Sarah E. Winslow, 2004. "The Academic Life Course, Time Pressures and Gender Inequality.” Community, Work and Family 7(2) (2004):143-61.

[14] Wolfinger, Nicholas H., Mary Ann Mason, and Marc Goulden. "Problems in the Pipeline: Gender, Marriage and Fertility in the Ivory Tower." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, California, August, 14-17, 2004.

[15] Mannix, Margaret. "Take Me, Take My Spouse." ASEE Prism 11, no. 3 (November 2001): 26-28.

[16] The UC Faculty Family Friendly Edge. “Creating a Family Friendly Department: 2006 Chairs and Deans Toolkit” (2007). Available at http://ucfamilyedge.berkeley.edu/ChairsandDeansToolkitFinal7-07.pdf (accessed June 23, 2009).

[17] Texas A&M University, Dean of Faculties Office. “Care Meeting Hours Guideline” (January 28, 2008) available at http://dof.tamu.edu/faculty/policies/FS.0211.F.Core_Meeting_Hours.pdf (accessed June 23, 2009).

[18] Mason, Mary Ann and Eve Mason Ekman. Mothers on the Fast Track: How a New Generation Can Balance Family and Careers, 108. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

[19] Yen, Joyce W. et al. “Leadership Development Workshops for Department Chairs.” Paper presented at the Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network 2004 national conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 6-9, 2004.

[20] Yen, Joyce W. et al. “Leadership Development Workshops for Department Chairs.” Paper presented at the Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network 2004 national conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 6-9, 2004.

[21] University of California, Davis, Office of the Vice Provost. “Work Life” (March 20, 2009) available at http://academicpersonnel.ucdavis.edu/worklife/ (accessed June 23, 2009).

[22] See UC Policy APM-133 in University of California, Davis. “Academic Personnel Policy Archive” (2006-2007) available at http://academicpersonnel.ucdavis.edu/policies.doc (accessed June 23, 2009).

[23] Duke University, Office of the Provost, “Professional-Personal Balance” available at http://www.provost.duke.edu/faculty/balance/index.html  (accessed June 22, 2009).

[24] Williams, Joan C. and H. C. Cooper. "The Public Policy of Motherhood." Journal of Social Issues 60(4) (2004); Etaugh, C. and C. Moss. "Attitudes of Employed Women Toward Parents Who Choose Full-Time or Part-Time Employment Following Their Child's Birth." Sex Roles 44 (2001): 611-619.

[25] Lotte Bailyn et al. "Site Visit Report" (September 19-21, 2004) available at http://www.umich.edu/~advproj/sitevisit.pdf (accessed June 23, 2009).

[26] See University of Michigan, STRIDE. "Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence" (2002-2007) available at http://sitemaker.umich.edu/advance/STRIDE (accessed June 23, 2009).

[27] University of Michigan News Service, "Women in Science, Engineering: U-M Makes ADVANCE Permanent" (December 14, 2005) available at http://www.umich.edu/news/index.html?Releases/2005/Dec05/r121405a (accessed June 23, 2009).

Design Flexible Benefit Programs


[1] University of Delaware. "Flexible Benefits Program" available at http://www.udel.edu/Benefits/flex/summary.html (accessed June 23, 2009).

[2] University of Idaho, Human Resources. “Take a Walk Through Custom Choices for a Healthy U and Idaho: Our Cafeteria-Style Flexible Benefits Program” available at http://www.uihome.uidaho.edu/documents/Enrollment%20Guide%20step%201%20final%20document.pdf?pid=103541&doc=1 (accessed June 23, 2009).

Ensure that Practice Supports Policy


[1] Smith, Gilia C. and Jean A. Waltman. “Designing and Implementing Family-Friendly Policies in Higher Education.” (Ann Arbor, MI: Center for the Education of Women, University of Michigan, 2006), available at http://www.umich.edu/~cew/PDFs/designing06.pdf (accessed June 22, 2009), cited in Jaschik, Scott. “The ‘Family Friendly’ Bonus,” Inside Higher Ed, 12 September 2006 available at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/12/family (accessed June 23, 2009).

[2] Smith, Gilia C. and Jean A. Waltman. “Designing and Implementing Family-Friendly Policies in Higher Education.” (Ann Arbor, MI: Center for the Education of Women, University of Michigan, 2006), available at http://www.umich.edu/~cew/PDFs/designing06.pdf (accessed June 22, 2009), cited in Jaschik, Scott. “The ‘Family Friendly’ Bonus,” Inside Higher Ed, 12 September 2006 available at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/12/family (accessed June 23, 2009).

[3] Smith, Gilia C. and Jean A. Waltman. “Designing and Implementing Family-Friendly Policies in Higher Education.” (Ann Arbor, MI: Center for the Education of Women, University of Michigan, 2006), 17, available at http://www.umich.edu/~cew/PDFs/designing06.pdf (accessed June 22, 2009), cited in Jaschik, Scott. “The ‘Family Friendly’ Bonus,” Inside Higher Ed, 12 September 2006 available at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/09/12/family (accessed June 23, 2009).

[4] Massachusetts Institute of Technology, News Office. “Leaders of 9 universities and 25 women faculty meet at MIT, agree to equity reviews.” 30 January 2001, available at http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2001/gender.html (accessed June 23, 2009).

[5] Regents of the University of California, UC Newsroom. “University Leaders Pledge to Help Women in Academia” 6 December 2005, available at http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/7706 (accessed June 23, 2009).

[6] Jean McLaughlin, email message to Mary Rauner, May 21, 2009. See also The UC Faculty Family Friendly Edge available at http://ucfamilyedge.berkeley.edu/ (accessed June 23, 2009).

[7] Stanford University, Faculty Development and Diversity Office. “Stanford’s Commitment to Diversity: A Reaffirmation” 19 April 2007 available at http://facultydevelopment.stanford.edu/statement.html (accessed June 23, 2009).

[8] Smith, Gilia C. and Jean A. Waltman. “Designing and Implementing Family-Friendly Policies in Higher Education.” (Ann Arbor, MI: Center for the Education of Women, University of Michigan, 2006), available at http://www.umich.edu/~cew/PDFs/designing06.pdf (accessed June 22, 2009).

[9] Georgia Institute of Technology. “Family-Friendly Policies and Practices” available at http://www.advance.gatech.edu/Family%20Work%20Brochure.pdf  (accessed June 23, 2009) and Stanford University, “Family Matters @ Stanford for Faculty” (September 2008) available at http://facultydevelopment.stanford.edu/reports_studies/FamilyMatters2008.pdf (accessed June 23, 2009). 

[10] Smith, Gilia C. and Jean A. Waltman. “Designing and Implementing Family-Friendly Policies in Higher Education.” (Ann Arbor, MI: Center for the Education of Women, University of Michigan, 2006), 16, available at http://www.umich.edu/~cew/PDFs/designing06.pdf (accessed June 22, 2009).,

 

 


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