Failing Families, Failing Science: Work-Family Conflict in Academic Science

by Anne E. Lincoln and Elaine Howard Ecklund

Book Overview

Work life in academia might sound like a dream: summers off, year-long sabbaticals, the opportunity to switch between classroom teaching and research. Yet, when it comes to the sciences, life at the top U.S. research universities is hardly idyllic. Based on surveys of over 2,000 junior and senior scientists, both male and female, as well as in-depth interviews, Failing Families, Failing Science examines how the rigors of a career in academic science...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479843121
• ISBN13: 9781479843121
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"