The
Faculty& Families Project
The Pennsylvania State University
Sponsored by the Alfred
P. Sloan Foundation
and Penn State's College of the Liberal Arts,
Population Research Institute,
Children, Youth and Families Consortium,
and Office of Human Resources.
Endorsed by Penn State's Commission for
Women and
the Women in the Sciences &
Engineering Institute
PURPOSE:
Stories abound regarding the difficulties
faculty face in combining their academic and family commitments. This project
sought to provide substantive research on these issues at Penn State University
and to discover potential solutions to any problems thereby identified.
The project concluded on March 14, 2001. All documents here are in adobe
pdf format.
Executive Summary Final Report of the Faculty & Families Project
Background Papers for the Project:
The
Costs and Consequences of Delayed Attempted Childbearing for Women Faculty -
Amy Varner, September 2000.
Adoption
Issues for Faculty - Joan Yang, September 2000.
The Changing Face of Care: The
Elderly
- Amy Varner, November 2000.
PUBLIC MEETINGS (AT UNIVERSITY PARK):
Information & feedback meeting: April 24, 2000, 1-3pm, Weaver 102
Mid-project report & feedback meeting: September 11, 2000, 3:30-5pm, Weaver 102
Presentation of final report: February 26, 2001, 2:30-3:30pm, Weaver 102
The Faculty & Families Project
LSIR, 133 Willard