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Family Friendly
Establishing the Family-Friendly Campus: Models for Effective Practice
(Edited by Jaime Lester and Margaret Sallee). Stylus Publishing.
Although colleges and universities have implemented a variety of policies to help faculty members balance their personal and professional lives, little attention has been given to determining which are the most effective, and which can be deemed "best practices". Moreover, little research has been conducted on the need for family-friendly policies for students and administrators in higher education. Most of the current practices are being developed in isolation with little evidence of their effectiveness. Dr. Margaret Sallee is an assistant professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Tennessee.
This volume examines the need for family-friendly policies and documents the "best practices" currently being implemented. Each chapter highlights practices and programs from a variety of institutions that address the needs of a more inclusive family-friendly campus and offers suggestions to others who are implementing similar change on their campuses.
The following is a list of the book’s chapters and associated authors:
- Challenges and Efforts of Career Flexibility in Higher Education- by Gloria D. Thomas and Jean M. McLaughlin
- Balance@UW: Work–Family Cultural Change at the University of Washington- by Kate Quinn and Randi Shapiro
- Connecting Work and Life at the University of Arizona: Strategic Practice by UA Life & Work Connections- by Caryn Jung, David Swihart, and Darci Thompson
- Family-Friendly Policies in Catholic Colleges and Universities: A Socially Just Imperative- by Jill Bickett and Emily Arms
- Hopkins 24/7: The Story of Leadership and Excellence in Work and Personal Life- by Kathleen Beauchesne
- The Devil Is in the Details: Creating Family-Friendly Departments for Faculty at the University of California- by Karie Frasch, Angelica Stacy, Mary Ann Mason, Sharon Page-Medrich, and Marc Goulden
- Shaping the Work Environment and Family-Friendly Policies: A Perspective from Deans- by Sharon A. McDade and Sharon A. Dannels
- Family-Friendly Activism- by Jeni Hart
- From Advocacy to Action: Making Graduate School Family-Friendly- by Margaret Sallee, Mariko Dawson Zare, and Jaime Lester
- Reflecting on the Past and Looking to the Future: The Family-Friendly Campus in the 21st Century- by Margaret Sallee and Jaime Lester
Establishing the Family-Friendly Campus is available through Amazon.com as well as through Stylus Publishing's website: www.styluspub.com