Do Babies Matter?

The Rise of Women PhDs

Women PhDs in the Sciences

What Happens to Men and Women After They

Get Their PhDs?

SDR

Who Gets Tenure?

Who Gets Tenure in Science?

Men 38% More Likely

Single Mothers more successful

Second Tier

Men with early babies 2

Women late babies

Pipeline

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Shifting Career Goal away from Professor with Research Emphasis: UC Postdoctoral Scholars

Paid Maternity Leave

What is the cost of career on family

formation?

Family Status

Getting Divorced

Fast-Track Professionals

Make or Break Decade: Timing is Everything

Baby Lag

one in three womenwomen

wished they could have had more children

Divorce

Single 12 Years Out

OMG I forgot to have a baby

Double Measure

What are your next Steps

Personal Strategies

STAY ON THE FAST TRACKDon’t Marry a Jerk Stay in the GameLearn Mother TimeMind Your MentorTake a Chance on Second Chances

Best PracticesLEAVESPaid maternal disability leave or active service modified duties for mothers (usually 1-2 semesters of teaching relief)

Active service modified duties for fathers (usually one semester of teaching relief)

Parental leave (typically one semester for men as well as women)

Centralized funding for maternity and parental leaves

Best PracticesSTOP-THE-CLOCKStop-the-clock policy for mothers, triggered automatically (unless people opt out)

Stop-the-clock policy for fathers, triggered automatically (unless people opt out)

Best PracticesDUAL CAREER SUPPORTEstablish dual career protocol

Specific university official employee to help with dual career hiring

Provide centralized funding to help departments fund positions for second hires

Best PracticesPART TIME TENURE TRACKPre-tenure

Post-tenure

Best PracticesCHILDCAREChildcare center, with space for infantsSecure childcare positions for recruitment purposes

Offer dependent care travel grant

Emergency childcare

Best PracticesMISCELLANEOUSAdoption expenses

Lactation rooms

Creating and Sustaining a Family Friendly Culture

POLICIES ALONE DO NOT WORK! Make room for fathers All policies are entitlements not

requests (centrally funded, if possible)

Deans and Chairs Training and Toolkit Well advertised and publicly posted

explanations of benefits for all level of scholars (including graduate students and postdocs)

A high level administrator and a legal counsel responsible for advertising and enforcing the policies

# of Children at UCB

Coming Soon!

Do Babies Matter? The Four Patterns of Gender Bias and

How to Ensure They Don’t Derail your Career

How Do Your Workplace Policies Measure Up?

Double Jeopardy: Women of Color in Science

Some Things are Illegal It’s Cheaper to Keep Her

LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD - WORKSHOPS IN A BOXA series of workshops for stepping up retention of

women in the STEM pipeline.

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