Selected New Books on Higher Education

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Compiled by Nina C. Ayoub

Academic Motherhood: How Faculty Manage Work and Family, by Kelly Ward and Lisa Wolf-Wendel (Rutgers University Press; 263 pages; $72 hardcover, $24.95 paperback). Draws on a longitudinal study that examined how more than 100 women managed work and family at different stages of their careers, and with younger children versus older children.

Best Practices in Faculty Evaluation: A Practical Guide for Academic Leaders, by Jeffrey L. Buller (Jossey-Bass;