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How Babies Alter Careers for Academics

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Chronicle of Higher Education, 50 (15): 1-5 (12/05 2003)Reports on study showing that having children early in an academic career reduces women's chances of achieving tenure..

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Provides information on a study which investigated the challenges faced by professors with children, and their performance in academics. Impact of child rearing on working mothers; Factor that affected the chances that academic men and women would eventually have a family; Comparison between men and women who took a university job without children. Offers opinions on the best and worst times to have children and on coping strategies. INSET: How Colleges Can Help Faculty Members With Children.

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