The Baby Bias. / Hal Cohen.
by Cohen, Hal; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 16Family. Publisher: New York Times, 2002ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): College teachers -- Tenure | Equality | Motherhood | Sex discrimination against women | Sex discrimination in employment | Universities and colleges -- Faculty | Women college teachers | Work and familyDDC classification: 050 Summary: "It would seem that a university--with its ability to allow teachers to work from home, its paid sabbatical semester and its famously liberal thinking--would be an ideal place to balance career and family. But by all accounts, the intense competition, the long hours and the unspoken expectations of the academy's traditionally male culture conspire to make it really, really hard to have a baby and be a professor." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article reviews the study "Creating a Life: Professional Women and the Quest for Children" by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and examines it from the academic perspective.
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Originally Published: The Baby Bias, Aug. 4, 2002; pp. Educ. Sec., 24+.
"It would seem that a university--with its ability to allow teachers to work from home, its paid sabbatical semester and its famously liberal thinking--would be an ideal place to balance career and family. But by all accounts, the intense competition, the long hours and the unspoken expectations of the academy's traditionally male culture conspire to make it really, really hard to have a baby and be a professor." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article reviews the study "Creating a Life: Professional Women and the Quest for Children" by Sylvia Ann Hewlett and examines it from the academic perspective.
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