Robert A. Altenkirch, President New Jersey Institute of Technology

Career Flexibility Options for Faculty Caregivers

• Tenure Clock Pause
• Active-Service Modified Duties Policy
• Family Leave
  • Family Leave Policy
  • Family Leave FAQs

Benefits

• Benefits Office
• Tuition Remission
• Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Flexible Spending Application Form
• Domestic Partners
  • State Registry
  • Domestic Partner FAQs

Child Care

• Child Care Choices
  • NJIT Childcare Center
  • Sarah Ward Grant Parenting Program
  • Other NJ Childcare Centers
• Selecting Child Care
  • Child Care Options (National Network for Childcare)
  • Family Daycare Home and Provider Checklist (Link to the word file)

Aging & Elder Care

• Social Security
• Medicare
• NJ Dept for Aging and Community Services
• Hiring In-Home Help (The Family Caregiver Alliance)
• Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living
• Moving into an Assisted Living Residence (National Center for Assisted Living)
• Caring for the Caregiver (AARP)
• Elders and Families (Administration on Aging, US DHHS)

Parenting

• Sarah Ward Grant Parenting Program
• Internet Adoption Resources

Physical & Emotional Wellness

• NJIT Health Benefit Plans
• Counseling: NJIT Employee Assistance Program
• Local Health Care Resources
• Sports and Recreation
• Newark Attractions
• Public Safety

An Inclusive Community

• Equal Opportunity
• Murray Center for Women in Technology
• NJIT ADVANCE Program
• NJIT Committee on Womens Issues
• American Council on Education-Network (NJIT Chapter)
• The Open Partnership Linking Women Researchers in Academia & Industry
• Hispanic Heritage
• NSBE/BASE
• Office of Human Resources
• Sexual Harassment Policy

Additional Campus Resources for NJIT Faculty

• Organizations
  • Faculty Council
  • Professional Staff Association (AAUP)
  • Technology and Society Forum Committee
• Policies and Programs
  • Equal Opportunity
  • Fellowship Leave Program
  • Sabbatical Leave Policy
• Faculty Assistance
  • Office of International Students
  • NJIT Employee Assistance Program

Online Articles on Work/Life Balance

• Balancing Faculty Careers and Family Work, Academe Online, NovemberDecember 2004 (Volume 90, Number 6), featuring:
  • Do Babies Matter? (Part II) Closing the Baby Gap by Mary Ann Mason and Marc Goulden
  • Hitting the Maternal Wall by Joan C. Williams
  • Balancing Work and Family for Faculty: Why Its Important by John W. Curtis
  • Developing and Implementing Work-Family Policies for Faculty by Beth Sullivan, Carol Hollenshead, and Gilia Smith
  • Fear Factor: How Safe Is It to Make Time for Family? by Kelly Ward and Lisa Wolf-Wendel
  • Family-Friendly Policies and the Research University by Kate Quinn, Sheila Edwards Lange, and Steven G. Olswang
  • Working Part Time After Tenure by Sharon Lobel
  • A tenured professor makes the case for working part-time.
• How Babies Alter Careers for Academics by Robin Wilson
• Babies, Mothers, and Academic Careers on Colloquy Live, December 5, 2003
• Do Babies Matter? The Effect of Family Formation on the Lifelong Careers of Academic Men and Women by Mary Ann Mason and Marc Goulden
• Balancing Family and Academic Work in AAUP Issues in Higher Education
• Robert Drago. In Striking A Balance: Work, Family, Life. Boston: Dollars and Sense, 2007.

Work/Life Balance Research Centers & Advocacy Organizations

• The Sloan National Initiative on Workplace Flexibility
• The Sloan Work and Family Research Network
• National Clearinghouse on Academic Worklife
• The Families and Work Institute
• Family Caregiver Alliance

The Campus and the Community

• Newark and the NY Area
• Newark Is a College Town
• The Gateway Project
• NJIT Newsroom

Other Resources

• Online events Calendar
• Technology and Society Forum
• The Institute Workshop Series
• NJIT Highlander Sports Schedule
• E-Newsroom
• NJIT on iTunes U
• Internet 2
• Moodle
• NJEDge.net

Dual Career Resources

• NJIT Fact Book
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