Challenges of the Faculty Career for Women: Success and Sacrifice

Challenges of the Faculty Career for Women: Success and Sacrifice
ISBN-10
0470257008
ISBN-13
9780470257005
Category
Education
Pages
341
Language
English
Published
2008-04-14
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Authors
Maike Ingrid Philipsen, Timothy Bostic

Description

Challenges of the Faculty Career for Women Based on interviews with female faculty members at various stages in their careers, this compelling resource examines how women faculty members juggle the extraordinary demands of their personal lives with the pressures of their academic careers. Challenges of the Faculty Career for Women explores and offers recommendations about such commonplace issues as choosing between and balancing work and family, defining identity and priorities, facing elder-care issues, and working in a historically male-dominated environment. Praise for Challenges of the Faculty Career for Women "Poignant, powerful, passionate, painful. While I often wonder why women endure academic careers, Philipsen's book helps me understand how they persist and succeed, and at what cost. A loud and clear call for change." --Cathy A. Trower, co-principal investigator, Collaborative On Academic Careers in Higher Education, Harvard University "Rich with the stories of academic women in diverse life situations and career stages, the book offers examples of the choices and strategies that help faculty effectively handle both their personal and professional roles." --Ann E. Austin, Mildred B. Erickson Distinguished Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Michigan State University "A revealing book, full of arresting stories about attempts by individual women faculty members--as well as about institutional policies that do (and do not) support women and men--to achieve balance in their work and personal lives. I recommend it to anyone who seeks to balance their responsibilities." --Jerry Gaff, senior scholar, the Association of American Colleges and Universities "The burden of the dramatic changes taking place in academic careers today is falling most heavily on the growing number of women faculty. Maike Philipsen's book explores--in a convincing and practical way--what this means for individual lives and our institutions." --R. Eugene Rice, senior scholar, Association of American Colleges and Universities

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