Making Space for Graduate Student Parents: Practice and Politics

Autor/inn/en	Springer, Kristen W.; Parker, Brenda K.; Leviten-Reid, Catherine
Titel	Making Space for Graduate Student Parents: Practice and Politics
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 30 (2009) 4, S.435-457 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X08329293
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Parents; Family Work Relationship; Student Personnel Services; School Policy; Family Programs; Stereotypes; Mothers; Sex Role; Sociology; Departments; Surveys; College Administration; School Culture + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Eltern; Schulpolitik; Family program; Familienprogramm; Klischee; Mother; Mutter; Geschlechterrolle; Soziologie; Department; Abteilung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Schulkultur; Schulleben
Abstract	Work-family issues of graduate students are nearly invisible, despite record numbers of men and women in graduate school during their peak childbearing years. Furthermore, very little is known about what, if any, services are available for graduate student parents. In this article we describe the theoretical and practical tensions between society's view of idealized mothering and academia's vision of graduate students as idealized workers. We then present results of a survey about parental supports for graduate students administered to graduate directors of sociology PhD programs. The results demonstrate that few official policies exist, most situations are accommodated individually, and graduate directors are often unaware of university services for graduate student parents. The article concludes with a detailed presentation of potential departmental and university initiatives designed to support graduate student parents. These initiatives can be readily incorporated by graduate departments and universities to help curb the leaking pipeline of women in academia. (Contains 1 table and 9 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10