Work and Family Should Go Together

To the Editor:

We appreciate Carlin Romano's reflections on the College and University Work/ Family Association meeting he attended in Tucson ("Get a Life and a Career. What a Concept!," The Review, March 23). ...

Many wonder why colleges and universities are even dealing with work/family issues, and why there is a need for an organization like CUWFA. The answer is found in the opening of the academic labor market. When the market was tight, those with doctorates were

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Adjunct and Tenure-Track Professors Need One Another, Say Speakers at AAUP Meeting - June 12, 2009
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Negotiating the Non-Tenure Track - July 6, 2001
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AAUP Says the Time Has Come to 'Stabilize' the Faculty - October 27, 2009

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