do babies matter?. the rise of women phds women phds in the sciences
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Do Babies Matter?
The Rise of Women PhDs
Women PhDs in the Sciences
What Happens to Men and Women After They
Get Their PhDs?
SDR
Who Gets Tenure?
Who Gets Tenure in Science?
Men 38% More Likely
Single Mothers more successful
Second Tier
Men with early babies 2
Women late babies
Pipeline
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Shifting Career Goal away from Professor with Research Emphasis: UC Postdoctoral Scholars
Paid Maternity Leave
What is the cost of career on family
formation?
Family Status
Getting Divorced
Fast-Track Professionals
Make or Break Decade: Timing is Everything
Baby Lag
one in three womenwomen
wished they could have had more children
Divorce
Single 12 Years Out
OMG I forgot to have a baby
Double Measure
What are your next Steps
Personal Strategies
STAY ON THE FAST TRACK
Don’t Marry a Jerk
Stay in the Game
Learn Mother Time
Mind Your Mentor
Take a Chance on Second Chances
Best PracticesLEAVES
Paid maternal disability leave or active service modified duties for mothers (usually 1-2 semesters of teaching relief)
Active service modified duties for fathers (usually one semester of teaching relief)
Parental leave (typically one semester for men as well as women)
Centralized funding for maternity and parental leaves
Best PracticesSTOP-THE-CLOCK
Stop-the-clock policy for mothers, triggered automatically (unless people opt out)
Stop-the-clock policy for fathers, triggered automatically (unless people opt out)
Best PracticesDUAL CAREER SUPPORT
Establish dual career protocol
Specific university official employee to help with dual career hiring
Provide centralized funding to help departments fund positions for second hires
Best PracticesPART TIME TENURE TRACK
Pre-tenure
Post-tenure
Best PracticesCHILDCARE
Childcare center, with space for infants
Secure childcare positions for
recruitment purposes
Offer dependent care
travel grant
Emergency childcare
Best PracticesMISCELLANEOUS
Adoption expenses
Lactation rooms
Creating and Sustaining a Family Friendly Culture
POLICIES ALONE DO NOT WORK!
Make room for fathers
All policies are entitlements not requests (centrally funded, if possible)
Deans and Chairs Training and Toolkit
Well advertised and publicly posted explanations of benefits for all level of scholars (including graduate students and postdocs)
A high level administrator and a legal counsel responsible for advertising and enforcing the policies
# of Children at UCB
Coming Soon!
Do Babies Matter?
The Four Patterns of Gender Bias and How to Ensure They Don’t Derail your Career
How Do Your Workplace Policies Measure Up?
Double Jeopardy: Women of Color in Science
Some Things are Illegal
It’s Cheaper to Keep Her
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD - WORKSHOPS IN A BOX
A series of workshops for stepping up retention of women in the STEM pipeline.
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