Mary Ann Mason Wants Universities to Adopt Family-Friendly Policies

-The New York Times, January 5, 2011 by Steven Greenhouse
http://nyti.ms/eNm0Xg

Thanks in large part to such policies, Professor Mason said, 64 percent of assistant professors in the University of California system have children, up from 27 percent in 2003. “It shows that you can change the workplace culture,” she said.

-The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 12, 2011 by Mary Ann Mason
http://chronicle.com/article/How-to-Change-Workplace/125894/

At Berkeley we have tried to break the cycle of low participation and fatherhood avoidance with several initiatives that expand family-responsive policies…. Culture does not change easily, but there are early signs of improvement here.