Bücher der Reihe Work-Life Balance

Despite levels of student excellence, and efforts made by programmes to counter student departure, attrition rates remain alarmingly high. The purpose of this book is to provide a view into doctoral student work-lives and their efforts to find a balance between often seemingly conflicting responsibilities.

Despite levels of student excellence, and efforts made by programmes to counter student departure, attrition rates remain alarmingly high. The purpose of this book is to provide a view into doctoral student work-lives and their efforts to find a balance between often seemingly conflicting responsibilities.

Comprised of scholarly essays, case studies, and interviews, this book argues that to address equity issues related to women faculty, academic institutions should consider work-life perspectives, including dual careers, when designing faculty recruitment, retention, and advancement strategies.

Comprised of scholarly essays, case studies, and interviews, this book argues that to address equity issues related to women faculty, academic institutions should consider work-life perspectives, including dual careers, when designing faculty recruitment, retention, and advancement strategies.

Explores how female, tenure-track faculty navigate the process of balancing their personal and professional lives. Utilizing a qualitative phenomenological approach, the stories of nine female, full-time tenure-track and tenured faculty as well as four administrators employed in faculty diversity, development, and work-life are explored.

In this collection of personal essays, contributors explore parenting in the pandemic among education professors. They reflect on fundamental questions about the purpose and design of schooling, the value of their work as education professors, and the precious relationships they hope to maintain with their children through this difficult time.

In this collection of personal essays, contributors explore parenting in the pandemic among education professors. They reflect on fundamental questions about the purpose and design of schooling, the value of their work as education professors, and the precious relationships they hope to maintain with their children through this difficult time.