What’s New

Karen Corday August 22nd, 2008

New from the Network:

New Topic Page: Parents Caring for Children With Disabilities, compiled by Jennifer Quinlan and advised by Eileen Brennan, Julie Rosenzweig, and Anna Malsch.
New Work-Family Encyclopedia entry: Spousal Supports Provided by Employers, by Michelle Janning

Working for Balance
Starting September 1, PBS’s Nightly Business Report will launch a special and accompanying series on combating stress in the workplace.
MBA Moms Most Likely to Opt Out
Yahoo! Asia News reports on a recent study from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business in which 28% of the 1,000 Harvard graduates who went on the get their MBAs reported being stay-at-home mothers, as opposed to 6% of the women with medical degrees and 21% of those with law degrees. A draft of the article is available in PDF format from one of the authors, Catherine Wolfram.

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Can Today’s Women Really Have it All?
Simon Creer of the Belfast Telegraph interviews several Irish women about the ways in which they balance work and home.
Working From Home: The Pros and Cons
Paul Hill of the Eastern Daily Press discusses the positive and negative aspects of working at home, either as a business owner or as a telecommuting employee.

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