ABSTRACT
This chapter summarizes the changes in the ways in which institutions have thought about work-family balance over the past 50 years along with areas that will receive increasing attention in the decades to come. Other institutions are only beginning to develop programs for faculty; still others are expanding existing policies to incorporate staff and students. Over the next several decades, the authors suggest that the work-family balance movement will continue to change to incorporate new populations, new institutional types, and new policies. Here they consider how staff, students, and clinical faculty may be incorporated into work family balance policies. Institutions may consider introducing policies that provide subsidized short-term and long-term leave for faculty for a variety of life issues, including childbirth, illness, or caring for ill relatives. In addition to expanding the availability of policies, institutions may also continue to investigate ways to promote flexibility in the workplace.
