Parents@Duke History

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Our History
Parents@Duke, which consists of a wide cross section of Duke University staff and faculty, emerged in the spring of 2002. We united as a response to inadequate and inequitable family-related policies at Duke and as a means of improving the general climate on campus for people with family responsibilities. We see our work as an extension of the work begun at Duke during the 1970s, which resulted in the current maternity leave policy described in the Faculty Handbook. We also see our work as intersecting with the increasingly visible efforts of people across the nation to create workplaces that foster and value healthy relationships between work and family.

Proposals and Events

Visiting Lecturer hosted by Parents@Duke and partner organizations in January 2005: Dr. Saranna Thornton, Elliot Associate Professor of Economics, Hampden-Sydney College
Working Proposal (9/25/02) coming soon!
Working Proposal (3/29/04) coming soon!

Reports and Surveys

Survey of Parents@Duke listserv members, following meeting with President Keohane 3/17/03. Survey report submitted 4/08/03. coming soon!
Campus Climate for Working Families: Report to President Keohane 1/31/03 coming soon!

Parents@Duke in the News

National Media:

"Raising a Ruckus Awards: Pegeen Reichert Powell: The Maverick," Heather Chaplin, Working Mother, May 2004, p. 52-53.
http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/01/29/2? Emil Chuck, Science – Next Wave, 1/30/04.

Local Press:

"Duke Children's Campus to Grow," Kimberly Sweet, Durham Herald-Sun, 3/9/03.
"Duke workers put focus on family," Kimberly Sweet, Durham Herald-Sun, 12/30/02.
"Duke group lobbies for more benefits for parents," Nancy Oates, Durham Herald-Sun, 12/15/02.

Coverage in Duke's Media:

"Research year brings successes," Cindy Yee, The Chronicle, 9/23/03 (on the release of the Women's Initiative Report)
"Parental leave policy extended," Cindy Yee, The Chronicle, 8/22/03
"Grad students mull child co-op," Jane Hetherington, The Chronicle, 7/23/03
"Children's Campus to get Expansion," Cindy Yee, The Chronicle, 3/28/03
"New Group Organizes at Duke to Raise Parents' Concerns," Nancy Oates, Duke News, 12/07/02
"Work council calls for lactation rooms review," Cindy Yee, The Chronicle, 10/28/02
"Commentary: University must support parents," Pegeen Reichert Powell, The Chronicle, 9/27/02

Last updated March 01, 2005.
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