04444nam 22006855 450 991096313790332120250628110047.01-4798-5118-310.18574/9781479851188(CKB)3710000000754760(SSID)ssj0001692766(PQKBManifestationID)16543076(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001692766(PQKBWorkID)14959500(PQKB)25088509(MiAaPQ)EBC4045267(StDuBDS)EDZ0001597614(OCoLC)957124295(MdBmJHUP)muse51725(DE-B1597)548395(DE-B1597)9781479851188(ODN)ODN0002472348(EXLCZ)99371000000075476020200723h20162016 fg 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrFailing Families, Failing Science Work-Family Conflict in Academic Science /Elaine Ecklund, Anne E. Lincoln1st ed.2016New York, NY :New York University Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (163 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4798-4312-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --1. When Nothing Matters Except Science --2. Family Matters to Science --3. Will I Make It? Family Life for Young Scientists --4. Managing the Controlled Crash --5. When the Ideal Scientist Meets the Ideal Mother --6. A Way Forward for Universities, Science, and Scientists --Appendix A: The Study --Appendix B: Web Survey --Appendix C: Long Interview Guide --Notes --References --Index --About the AuthorsWork 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 makes it especially difficult to balance family and work. Ecklund and Lincoln paint a nuanced picture that illuminates how gender, individual choices, and university and science infrastructures all play a role in shaping science careers, and how science careers, in turn, shape family life. They argue that both men and women face difficulties, though differently, in managing career and family. While women are hit harder by the pressures of elite academic science, the institution of science—and academic science, in particular—is not accommodating, possibly not even compatible, for either women or men who want to raise families. Perhaps most importantly, their research reveals that early career academic scientists struggle considerably with balancing their work and family lives. This struggle may prevent these young scientists from pursuing positions at top research universities—or further pursuing academic science at all— a circumstance that comes at great cost to our national science infrastructure. In an era when advanced scientific research and education is more important than ever, Failing Families, Failing Science presents a compelling inside look at the world of the university scientists who make it possible—and what universities and national science bodies can do to make a difference in their lives.ScienceStudy and teaching (Higher)ScienceVocational guidanceWork and familyScientistsFamily relationshipsScientistsScienceStudy and teaching (Higher)ScienceVocational guidance.Work and family.ScientistsFamily relationships.Scientists.306.36SOC026000SOC026010bisacshEcklund Elaineauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1830067Lincoln Anne E.authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910963137903321Failing Families, Failing Science4400377UNINA