ABSTRACT
Higher education officials are replacing permanent faculty lines with adjuncts. Along with the changing work-place, academics are also experiencing an increased workload, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to find such a balance. While running the tenure-track race, most junior faculty does not consider the importance of work-life balance. Most academics of color like Ervin enter academia under the impression that senior faculty will welcome them. Yet academia is like any other corporate structure: academics are in direct competition for campus resources and advancement. Sometimes academics also spend too much time serving on a number of draining ad hoc committees, creating work-life imbalance. Effective mentors contribute to work life-balance by providing junior faculty with teaching and other professional development advice. In the cases of women of color, especially black women, Coleman argues they are expected to serve as surrogate mothers and are stereotyped as 'Mammy' or 'Nanny' faculty available for student and faculty consultation at all hours.
