June 25, 1999
Timing Is Everything: Academe's Annual Baby Boom
Female professors say they feel pressure to plan childbirth for the summer
The summer break is when most academics schedule time for research, writing, and a few weeks of vacation. But for female professors, this is the time of year to schedule childbirth.
It's become an unwritten rule in academe that female professors who can manage it give birth between May and August. Women with the luck of good
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