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Reports on a study of tenured women faculty at MIT, specifically discussing marginalization, their small numbers, and their difficulty with balancing work and family.

Research suggests that having a family may slow the career progress of women faculty. But does achieving academic success first leave time for children later?--from article

This report reviews the status of women faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the Marine Sciences Research Center. It makes recommendations for redressing past inequities and for instituting future policies and procedures that will make Stony Brook a more attractive institution for women faculty.--from executive summary

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		Aren't you satisfied yet? Women faculty member's interpretations of their academic work Ropers-Huilman, Brian, Serra, Linda. 2000. Subjects: Faculty, Satisfaction, Women
		ADVANCE Resources Center for Institutional Change, University of Washington. 2005-02-16. http://www.engr.washington.edu/advance/r esources/ View Abstract Suggestions and resources related to the advancement of women in higher education through flexible work and other policy. Subjects: Faculty, Recruitment and hiring, Retention and attrition, Women, Work/life balance
		The Status of Women Faculty at MIT: Overview Council on Faculty Diversity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2002-03-01. http://web.mit.edu/faculty/reports/overv iew.html View Abstract Reports on a study of tenured women faculty at MIT, specifically discussing marginalization, their small numbers, and their difficulty with balancing work and family. Subjects: Family, Status, Tenured faculty, Women, Work/life balance
		A half-time tenure track proposal Drago, Robert, Williams, Joan. Change, 46-51, Nov-Dec 2000. Subjects: Family, Part-time faculty, Tenure-track faculty, Women
		Constructing women's status: Policy discourses of university women's commission reports Allan, Elizabeth J. Harvard Educational Review, 44, Spring 2003. Subjects: Faculty, Policy, Status, Women, Work conditions
		Do Babies Matter (Part II)? Closing the Baby Gap Mason, Mary Ann, Goulden, Marc. http://www.aaup.org/publications/Academe /2004/04nd/04ndmaso.htm View Abstract Research suggests that having a family may slow the career progress of women faculty. But does achieving academic success first leave time for children later?--from article Subjects: Adoption, Faculty, Pregnancy, Women
		Report of the Women Faculty Issues Committee Women Faculty Issues Committee, State University of New York at Stony Brook. 2000-05-01. http://ws.cc.stonybrook.edu/provost/repo rt/docs/wfic2.pdf View Abstract This report reviews the status of women faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the Marine Sciences Research Center. It makes recommendations for redressing past inequities and for instituting future policies and procedures that will make Stony Brook a more attractive institution for women faculty.--from executive summary Subjects: Faculty, Status, Women
		Preliminary results from the national survey of faculty Drago, Robert, Colbeck, Carol. 2002-05-17. http://lser.la.psu.edu/workfam/prelimres ults.htm View Abstract This document reports preliminary results from a national survey of faculty performed as part of the Mapping Project, based at Penn State University and funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The project and survey concern the ways that faculty balance, or do not balance, commitments to work and family...[D]iscrimination against parenting is implicit in many career ladders, occupations, and employing institutions. Because women have historically performed most parenting work, Williams concludes that the ideal worker norm often leads to discrimination against women.--from report Subjects: Faculty, Family, Women
		Princeton Gives Automatic Tenure Extension to New Parents NA. http://chronicle.com/daily/2005/08/20050 81901n.htm Subjects: Faculty, Family, Institutional policy, Tenure clock stop/extension policy, Women
		Shattering the myths: Women in academe Glazer-Raymo, Judith. 1999. Subjects: Faculty, Women

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