Sure, I know a married couple who job shared "one" position, but that's
kind of problematic, because the tenure criteria tend to be higher for
both faculty members. It's pretty hard to put together a half a
promotion file!

I find that conscientious young fathers these days have quite a bit of
challenge balancing family and career as well. Ultimately, the best
plan is to change the workplace to be more accommodating of working
families. My university discourages faculty from bringing kids to campus
younger than 10, for liability reasons. Try using a breastpump in an
average grad student or faculty bathroom or office! Even folks w/o kids
appreciate flexible workplaces.

With the public budgets being cut back, I expect progress made on these
goals to suffer in the short run, though.


Bowles, Elizabeth Davis wrote:
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> I am curious if anyone has heard of two half-time people sharing a
> tenure-track position? I once worked for a city government agency in
> which there were 2 city attorneys (both mothers) that each worked
> half-time to fill a full-time position. Seems like that could be
> accomodated at the university level.
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> Also, a quick comment - when I was in graduate school (before my
> pregnancy), a group of faculty held a discussion group with the
> students about balancing family life and career. I asked one of the
> mothers if she felt that she lost motivation for her career after
> having a child. She said that her motivation actually increased. It
> was only after I had a child that I understood what she meant. When
> you are away from your child, you make every minute count.
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> Beth
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