The LEADER Consortium provides work/life support by identifying local and regional resources that may serve as a starting point for STEM faculty members needing to conduct research on child and/or elder care.

The university has adopted a childbirth policy for female graduate students to accommodate the demands of late stage new policy will allow the new mother to maintain full-time, registered student status, as well as facilitate her return to full participation in class work and, where applicable, research, teaching and clinical training in a seamless manner.

The slow response of the academy to accommodate the increasing share of PhDs who are women do not wish to remain childless has resulted in the loss of skills and scholarship to the scientific enterprise. A current front-page article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, "How babies alter academic careers," cites a nationally representative study by Mary Ann Mason and Marc Goulden that finds raising children, especially early in academic careers of PhD recipients between 1973 and 1999, had a negative effect

Rhode Island legislation protects a woman's choice to breastfeed by requiring an employer to make "a reasonable effort to provide a private, secure, and sanitary room or other location in close proximity to the work area, other than a toilet stall, where an employee can express her milk or breastfeed her...

During February and March of 2004, AdvanceVT conducted a survey to assess the current child care needs of Virginia Tech faculty, staff, and graduate students. 1,390 completed surveys were received.

In response to President Carothers’ request for a revised policy regarding parental leave, a review of relevant literature, existing URI policies, and policies at other universities was conducted during academic year 2003-2004. This document summarizes the results of that research, outlining several research-based recommendations for creation of the new policy.

This webpage is a wiki collection on the topics of policies and procedures, resources for faculty, local childcare resources, funding resources, and external and internal research.

This webpage is a list of questions to be sure to ask when looking at child care. An example question is: "How many hours will you need?

This subcommittee... is taking significant steps forward in developing a feasible plan for on campus day care for faculty, staff, and administrators at the University of Montana.

Mothers of infants and toddlers are presently the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. labor force. Approximately 70% of mothers return to work full time prior to their child’s third birthday and one-third of mothers return to work within 3 months of giving birth (The CDC Guide to Breastfeeding Intervention)...

While not all women in science and engineering need child care, acknowledging the importance of good child care and working to make it accessible are markers for a good climate for women.

This webpage is a list of links to things like day care centers or the concierge service.

Creating a family-friendly climate at URI must include child care concerns. Increasing the availability of on-campus child care is currently being addressed by the Women's Center, ADVANCE, and the President's Commission on the Status of Women.

This presentation is on problems with the childcare system: special care, care after hours, care during unusual hours.

The new Georgia Tech and Home Park Childcare Center opened in mid-January 2003. The Center is managed by Bright Horizons Family Solutions, the No. 1 childcare management provider in the U.S. with over 400 locations.

This document is a one page form to fill out about due date of tenure review and birth or child.

This presentation covers the need for childcare and some issues surrounding how to build and serve children.

In response to President Carothers’ request for a revised policy regarding parental leave, a review of relevant literature, existing URI policies, and policies at other universities was conducted during academic year 2003-2004. This document summarizes the results of that research, outlining several research-based recommendations for creation of the new policy.

At some time or other, most University employees will be faced with the difficulty of balancing the needs of family with the needs of work. Childbirth, adoption, child care and caring for ill children, spouses, partners and parents are some of the family issues you may encounter. It is the...

This presentation gives an overview of family friend practices at Georgia Tech such as childbearing leave and daycare facilities.

“The ADVANCE Program for Institutional Transformation, with the support of interested individuals around campus, has proposed the creation of five nursing moms centers on the Georgia Tech campus. Each center will: Be a private space for nursing moms to express milk; Be available for faculty, students and staff; Contain a professional grade pump, mini-refrigerator, chair, table, breastfeeding/parenting literature; Serve a particular area on campus, i.e., the Administration Building, the Student Center and th

A list of summer camps in the Georgia Tech area are listed on this webpage with links to their corresponding websites.

“Thanks to the concerted efforts of the President's Commission on the Status of Women and ADVANCE, URI now has a provision for paid Parental Leave for faculty. Similar policies for many staff unions have followed. Reflecting our philosophical framework, this policy includes a paid leave component for both women and men who need time surrounding the arrival of a child.” The official policy, general guidelines and definitions, and clarifications and extensions of existing policies are explained. With the help

This subcommittee... is taking significant steps forward in developing a feasible plan for on campus day care for faculty, staff, and administrators at the University of Montana.

This webpage is a list of facts about breastfeeding. An example fact is: "A breast feed last an average of 16 minutes

This webpage is a list of family-friendly policies such as extending the tenure clock, active service and modified duties, and a nursing moms program.

In response to President Carothers’ request for a revised policy regarding parental leave, a review of relevant literature, existing URI policies, and policies at other universities was conducted during academic year 2003-2004. This document summarizes the results of that research, outlining several research-based recommendations for creation of the new policy.

This presentation covers many statistics on pregnancy and parenthood in terms of time to graduate, attain tenure, and other careers. It was presented at the 2008 ADVANCE PI Meeting in a session called "Do Babies Matter? The New Norm on Flexibility in Science and Engineering.

Over the last decade, campus child care has expanded and been strengthened by a supportive university administration. Previous studies conducted by the Committee on Women in the University and the University Child Care Committee have been encouraged and many recommendations submitted by these groups have been implemented.

Women faculty are rallying around the issue of lack of campus childcare facilities and an inability to push the issue forward with the administration in spite of various committees finding that there is an intense need for such facilities.

Research suggests that having a family may slow the career progress of women faculty. But does achieving academic success first leave time for children later?

This is a simple webpage with links to the parental leave policy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

This handout covers lactation resources, benefits of breastfeeding, the lactation program, and breastfeeding laws.

Many current University policies are dated and, in the present environment, are beginning to undermine our competitiveness in a variety of ways.... Within the University, LSA and Engineering have adopted policies that are more generous than University policy. We recommend that University policies be brought into alignment with these more generous policies.

This presentation some examples of work-life policies, the leaky pipeline, and the effect of family on tenure.

This document is a table of family care practices by university.

Melanie was on the fast track—a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology, and a postdoc at the National Institute of Health. Then she had children...

“The Child Development Centers at the University of Rhode Island offer preschool and kindergarten programs for children ages 3 to 6 years. These programs are operated by the Department of Human Development and Family Studies in order to provide a setting for observation, participation, and research focusing on young children and their families. Opportunities in these areas are available to all students and faculty at the University.” From this webpage you can read about their missions and philosophy and als

Having children as a faculty member requires a balance between responsibilities at home and the demands of one’s professional life (i.e., the work-life balance). Faculty members make complex personal and professional decisions to raise children.

This webpage hosts information about the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s child care support. Information about topics such as early child care, back-up support, and financial aid is listed.

Since its grand opening in August of 1990, the Adelante Child Development Center has striven to provide the students, staff and faculty of the University of Texas at El Paso with the highest quality child care possible.

This presentation covers a project that looked at data about being a parent while in academia.