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1 | Institution | Link to faculty policy | Paid teaching relief? (if yes, how much) | 1=1 full paid leave semester; 2 paid leave less than 1 semester or less than full pay; 0=no paid leave or paid with sick leave only | Paid relief from admin duties? | Need to cash in sick leave or other leave for paid leave? | Any additional unpaid relief? | Tenure clock extension (how long) | Non-birthing partners treated differently from birth mothers? | Adoptive parents treated differently from birth mothers? | Definition of childcare responsibilities (if applicable to take leave) | Additional notes | Policy for parents of multiples? | Public? | R1? (from 1994 data - will update) | CIC? | Shanghai (US ranking unless otherwise noted) http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2014.html | US News Global University Rankings http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings | Times Higher Education (worldwide ranking) https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2017/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank_label/sort_order/asc/cols/rank_only | ||||
2 | Name of coder(s) | date information collected | Link to faculty policy | Paid teaching relief? (if yes, how much) | 1=1 full paid leave semester; 2 paid leave less than 1 semester or less than full pay; 0=no paid leave or paid with sick leave only | Paid relief from admin duties? | Need to cash in sick leave or other leave for paid leave? | Any additional unpaid relief? | Tenure clock extension (how long) | Non-birthing partners treated differently from birth mothers? | Adoptive parents treated differently from birth mothers? | Definition of childcare responsibilities (if applicable to take leave) | Additional notes | Policy for parents of multiples? | Public? | R1? (from 1994 data - will update) | CIC? | Shanghai (US ranking unless otherwise noted) http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2014.html | US News Global University Rankings http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings | Times Higher Education (worldwide ranking) http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2014-15/world-ranking/region/north-america | |||
3 | 1) Right now we are arrowing the focus to faculty policies, but have added sheets for students and staff in case you have that info and there are people who could use it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 2) Please just fill in what you can. Some info is better than no info, even if it is not complete. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 3) Links to the specific policy are especially useful. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 4) We've not attempted to standardize this into a "coding sheet" because it may deter more info-gathering than it helps. The plan is to code some data based on what is filled in here. That said, if you have suggestions for how to relabel columns in a better way, please let me know. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 5) Please enter data for all kinds of institutions. Hopefully this document can be used by individuals at all kinds of institutions to help push for better policies. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 6) If someone from your own institution has already filled in a row, just add your name to the "Name of coder(s)" box, check the row, and add/change anything that needs it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Allegheny College | Shanna Kirschner | 10/31/2014 | http://sites.allegheny.edu/facultyresources/faculty-handbook/ | 1 semester (for us, this equals a 3-course reduction). Additional leave possible as necessary if there are complications. | 1 | If child born during the semester, then there is a complete reduction of duties (advising, departmental service, and committee work) for the entire semester. Otherwise -- if birth is during summer or winter break -- 6 weeks of no advising, service, etc. with option to extend the complete reduction of duties for the entire semester at 80% salary. | No | FMLA | 1 year per leave. I think there may be a max but I can't find it in the handbook. | 5 days for spouse/partner; can be extended per FMLA | Leave is for the "primary caregiver" which could be either parent; same terms of the leave as for birth parents | "Primary Caregiver" | member will have no classroom teaching assignments during that entire | No. This probably could be negotiated ad hoc with the Provost's office; we've never had a multiple birth here that I know of, so it hasn't come up... | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
10 | Allegheny College | Jeff Colgan | 10/29/2014 | 1 course release; option to trade 1 additional course for admin duties | Not formally | No | FMLA 12 weeks | 1 year | No | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
11 | Allegheny College | Milli Lake | 10/30/2014 | http://www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/acd/acd710.html | 6 weeks paid leave, academic leave beyond within the semester. Meaning if 6 weeks falls within a semester, you are no longer technically on leave, but your teaching duties can be reassigned to alternative tasks that are more accommodating, such as research. Longer accommodations may be reached on an informal basis in negotiation with specific department chairs. | 2 | 6 weeks | No | No | 1 year per child | No (although if in same family only one can take leave) For postdocs and grad students, the 6 weeks of paid leave is ONLY "for the purpose of recovering from childbirth" | No* Postdocs and Grad student adoptive parents are not eligible for paid leave. | http://www.asu.edu/aad/manuals/acd/acd710.html | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 143 | 182 | ||||
12 | Barnard College | Koleen McCrink | 1 semester off entirely, next 2 semesters get 1 course release each semester | 1 | Yes for semester of mat leave | No | Not sure | 1 year per child | No | No | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
13 | Bentley University | Claudia Stumpf | 10/1/2016 | There is no paid leave of any kind; faculty tend to use sick leave and disability to cobble together a paid leave | 0 | Not formally | Yes | FMLA | Currently nothing in policy; informally chairs often extend the clock | Not formally, probably informally | No | ||||||||||||
14 | Binghamton University (SUNY) | Benjamin Fordham | 10/30/2014 | http://www.binghamton.edu/human-resources/leaves/leaves-childcare-faculty.html | The university does not have a policy of granting paid leave, but departments are informally encouraged to grant a semester of teaching relief and a year on the tenure clock. The reason for the lack of a policy is that it would have to be generalized to all members of our union (UUP) and possibly other state employees unions, something the state is unwilling to do. | Formally none; informally one semester | Formally yes; informally no | Nothing beyond FMLA, at least formally | Formally none; informally one year if the department chair acts to set it up | Yes-no practice of informal leave for fathers | Unclear, but adoptive mothers would probably be treated the same as those giving birth informally | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
15 | Boston University | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 37 | 57 | ||||||||||||||||
16 | Brandeis University | Jill Greenlee | 12/4/2014 | Google "brandeis faculty family and medical leave" to get the PDF | Paid leave for 12 consecutive weeks for faculty member with "primary care responsibility" for a newborn, newly adopted child or newly place foster child | 2 | No | Yes, up to 6 months | a semester, but I think you have to request it. | no | no | Primary Care Responsibility | Leave can be taken within the first 12 months of the child's birth/placement. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 105-125 | 147 | |||||
17 | Brigham Young University | Valerie Hudson, Kjerste Christensen | 11/2/2014 | https://policy.byu.edu/view/index.php?p=56#s402 | One paid semester of leave within six months of childbirth or adoption. Must work one full year after paid parental leave (CLARIFICATION: or repay the salary and benefits used during the leave). Generally, you can't take a second leave within 1 year of the first, but it looks like there's a process for getting approval for that. | 1 | 1 year 1 time (i.e., 2nd births pre-tenure do not stop or extend the clock) **UPDATE: You can have a 1 year extension 2 times. It's been this way since at least 2012, so this may be more of a clarification than an update. | No, although if both parents are full time employees, only one may take paid leave (the other may take unpaid FMLA leave); also, although men are technically eligible to take paid leave, I don't personally know any men who have, which may point to some cultural reluctance to take leave or to stop the tenure clock | No | "primary caregiver" | Policy dated 26 March 2012 | Multiples same as singles | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
18 | Brooklyn Law School | Robin Effron | 8/11/2016 | 8 weeks paid leave. This is traditionally taken as one semester at half pay. However, the woman (and, so far, it is just maternity leave) can front load course work and service in another semester and then take the semester at full pay. | 2 | Equivalent of 8 weeks | No | No | Not specified | Yes | 0 | ||||||||||||
19 | Brown University | Jeff Colgan | 10/29/2014 | http://www.brown.edu/about/administration/dean-of-faculty/handbook-academic-administration/chapter-13-leaves-absence#13.1 | 1 semester | 1 | No | No | 1 year | No | No | faculty members who are primary caregivers for newborn children or newly adopted children | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 106 | 54 | |||||
20 | California Institute of Technology | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
21 | California State University | Carrie Langner | 11/14/2014 | http://www.calstate.edu/hradm/pdf2012/TL-LVS2012-04.pdf | 30 days parental leave, can use up to 15 days sick days, can share leave with partner, or can do 60% workload reduction for full quarter | 2 | applies to chairs | only if beyond 30 ays | yes - 1 year | no | no | ||||||||||||
22 | Carnegie Mellon University | Robert Simmons | 12/31/2014 | https://www.cmu.edu/policies/documents/FacParLeave.htm | "A regular faculty member (tenure-track, lecture-track, librarian and archivist-track and research-scientist/engineer/scholar-track) who is the parent of a newborn child, or who has adopted a child of pre-school age, and who is the primary care giver of the child, is entitled to a one semester paid leave of absence." | 1 | one year, optional | no | no | no | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 74 | 24 | |||||||
23 | Case Western Reserve University | https://www.case.edu/facultysenate/media/caseedu/faculty-senate/documents/approvals-and-endorsements/fall-2012/FacultyPaidParentalLeavePolicy.pdf | 16 weeks paid for "primary" caregiver and 3 weeks for "secondary" caregiver for birth or adoption, must take within one year | 1 | 16 weeks paid for "primary" caregiver and 3 weeks for "secondary" caregiver | No | FMLA | one year per kid, optional | no | no | no | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53-64 | 137 | 116 | ||||||
24 | Claremont Graduate University | Melissa Rogers | 10/29/2014 | http://www.cgu.edu/include/handbook/CGU_Faculty_Parental_Leave_Policy.pdf | U | Not formally | No | probably negotiable | 1 year but must apply for it and is no different than any other reason for tenure clock extension | No | No | Primary caregiver | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
25 | Cleveland State University | Jennifer Miller | 10/31/2014 | https://www.csuohio.edu/sites/default/files/2014%20FT%20PT75%20New%20Hire%20Booklet.pdf; https://mycsu.csuohio.edu/ResourceCheck/VerifyServlet?loc=/offices/hrd/Benefits/FMLA/CSU%20FMLA%20Policy.pdf | Unsure | Must cast in sick leave prior to FMLA usage | None other than FMLA; FMLA does not apply until faculty have been in their position for 12 months or 1 academic year | No | No | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
26 | Colorado State University | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78-104 | 241 | 276-300 | ||||||||||||||||
27 | Columbia University | Page Fortna | 10/31/2014 | http://fas.columbia.edu/faculty-resources/leaves-and-sabbatical | 1 semester at full pay, or 1 year at half pay, or 1 year half-time at full pay | 1 | yes, parental workload relief covers teaching and admin (but advising and research is meant to continue) | no | can take up to 1 year of unpaid leave (first 12 weeks of this is FMLA) separate from the parental leave, but I've never heard of anyone doing this. I know of one case where someone went to part time | 1 year per child, up to 2 years | no, but in some cases if due date is in the middle of the semester, birth-mothers can take medical leave for the semester they give birth (with doctor's approval) and then the parental leave. some discussion of making a more consistent policy on this | no | primarily responsible for care of child | not noted | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 14 | |||
28 | Cornell University | Jessica Weeks, Tom Pepinsky | 10/30/2014 | fhttp://www.dfa.cornell.edu/dfa/cms/treasurer/policyoffice/policies/volumes/humanresources/upload/vol6_2_1.pdf | 1 semester | 1 | Not formally | No | Yes, FMLA (negotiable) | 1 year | No | No | primary or coequal care-giving parent is one who has significant responsibility for the care of a child, and those responsibilities interfere substantially with academic responsibilities. If the child is adopted or placed for foster care, the child must be younger than five years old for the parent to qualify as a primary or coequal care-giving parent | "If the professor is not a primary or coequal caregiver but interference with the academic program is substantial, a tenure-clock extension may be requested." Using FMLA is unpaid but still includes benefits; it must be negotiated. In practice, departments vary widely with respect to service and advising while on leave. Both parents can use parental leave leave. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 23 | 19 | |||
29 | CSU Channel Islands | Sean Kelly | 10/30/2014 | http://www.csuci.edu/hr/hr_documents/csu-fmla-policy.pdf | Our policy is applied in an ad hoc manner when applied to faculty. The policy is written for administration or staff without thought to the needs of faculty | Yes | Faculty can use unpaid leave. | Case by case | No | No | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
30 | CUNY | Marisa A. Klages-Bombich | 10/30/2014 | http://www.psc-cuny.org/updated-paid-parental-leave-agreement | After 8 weeks of paid leave is up, you are typically given an administrative assignment. These can often be done from home, or require minimal office time for the rest of the semester in which you took leave. | 2 | If you are in a HEO line,(Admin) you get only the 8 weeks | not sure | allowed to take FMLA unpaid, but not if you adopted. | it serves as "bridge" | No | Yes- no FMLA | primary caregiver | not noted | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
31 | Daemen College | Aakriti Tandon | 10/30/2014 | http://my.daemen.edu/faculty-staff/faculty-handbook/common/pdf/faculty-handbook.pdf | 6-8 weels | 2 | 6-8 weeks | No | FMLA - 12 weeks | 1 year per child, max of 2 | Unclear | No | ? | Fathers eligible for FMLA, unclear weather they are eligible for 6-8 weeks paid leave | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
32 | Dartmouth College | Deborah Brooks | 11/14/2014 | General policy is at http://www.dartmouth.edu/~hrs/benefits/leave/paid_parental_leave.html and faculty policy is mostly on p. 78-79 http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dof/pdfs/dartmouth_fac_handbook.pdf | No for faculty | usually 1 yr per kid, I think you have to apply for it, not automatic (strangly, I am not finding it mentioned in the handbook, but seems like everyone gets it) I believe tenure clock extension has been extended to male parents too, but implementation left to departments in some way (i.e., no university guidance to departments on whether men with stay at home wives should get tenure clock extensions) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 78-104 | 242 | 152 | |||||||||||
33 | Denison University | Heather Rhodes | 9/25/17 | https://denison.edu/forms/faculty-handbook | 1 semester off at full pay (lighter teaching semester) or 1 year at reduced pay | separate staff policy; unclear for teaching faculty | no | yes (1 year at reduced pay is effectively 1 semester with pay, one without) | 1 year per child, up to 2 total | no, although if both parents are univ employees they cannot both take full benefit. | no | no | |||||||||||
34 | Drexel University | Amelia Hoover Green | 10/29/2014 | http://www.drexel.edu/hr/benefits/leave/duleave/faq/ | Only via short-term disability and/or accrued sick/vacation time (i.e., no). | 0 | Only via short-term disability and/or accrued sick/vacation time (i.e., no). | yes | FMLA | no policy | no | no? | NA | Bottom line: this is the legal minimum. There are stories about people getting more, but so far I haven't been able to confirm. | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
35 | Duke University | Megan Mullin | 12/5/2014 | http://provost.duke.edu/faculty-resources/advantages/professional-personal-balance/ | one semester of leave for birth or adoption of a child | 1 | one semester of leave for birth or adoption of a child | no | automatic one-year | no | no | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 18 | ||||||
36 | Emory University | Denise Brubaker | 11/24/2014 | http://provost.emory.edu/documents/faculty/Emory-Faculty-Handbook.pdf | See pages 46-47 of linked faculty handbook. A faculty member with teaching responsibilities who is otherwise eligible for parental leave benefits may request relief from those responsibilities for up to one full teaching load during any single term, or for up to one-half load during two terms. The faculty member will be expected to remain in residence and to continue departmental service and advising, as well as scholarly activities during the affected term(s). Leave under these circumstances will customarily be compensated at full pay. | 2 | See pages 46-47 of linked faculty handbook. A faculty member with no teaching responsibilities who is otherwise eligible for parental leave benefits may request relief from some of his or her duties for a continuous period not to exceed two terms. | Must apply for FMLA | If a faculty member on the tenure track who has not yet been reviewed for tenure becomes a parent by birth or adoption, he or she will be granted an automatic extension of the tenure clock by one year. | No, but must be primary caregiver. | No, however child must be below the age of five years. Leave may also be available to primary caregivers with any dependent children over the age of five who suffer from a serious illness or other condition that creates extraordinary parenting demands. | Must be primary caregiver. | |||||||||||
37 | Emory University | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53-64 | 84 | 93 | ||||||||||||||||
38 | Florida Atlantic University | Mirya Holman | 11/14/2014 | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WyX_XHjCRNOBMdNzG1w2YiN-DXk4Pftove7uZ_nxyNo/edit?usp=sharing | Yes, 1 semester leave | 1 | Under FMLA, 6 weeks of sick leave can be used. Individuals can negotiate with their supervisor | Yes, for administrative leave | Can be requested | No | No | This is the first year of the program. | No | 1 | No | ||||||||
39 | Florida State University | Will H. Moore | 10/31/2014 | http://hr.fsu.edu/index.cfm?page=FacultyStaff_BenAndPerks_FamilyMedicalLeaveAct | Yes | Yes | No | Standard FMLA policy | No | No | No | http://fda.fsu.edu/Leave/Attendance-and-Leave/Parental-Leave-Q-A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78-104 | |||||||
40 | George Washington University | Elizabeth Saunders | 10/29/2014 | http://www.gwu.edu/~facsen/faculty_senate/pdf/2004Code.pdf | 1 semester -- can be taken anytime in first year after birth/adoption of baby | 1 | 1 semester | No | ??? | 1 year per child | No | No | "he or she will provide at least half of the child’s care during the leave period" | Applicable to "up to a maximum of two minor dependent children" but some possibly other leave at discretion of VPAA; policy adopted in 2008 prior to that, my understanding was that it was done on a departmental basis case-by-case | 0 | 1 | 0 | 268 | 201 | ||||
41 | Georgetown University | David Edelstein | 10/30/2014 | https://georgetown.app.box.com/s/6qbejgwsnmrqtdlpusmy | 1 semester | 1 | 1 semester | No | ? | 1 year per child | No | No (adopted child must be 5 or younger to be eligible) | "primary and full-time caregiver" | Doesn't affect a huge number of people, but twins have actually been a contentious issue--one leave or two? | 0 | 1 | 0 | 105-125 | 258 | 173 | |||
42 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 61 | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
43 | Georgia State University | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
44 | Guilford College | Rachel Riskind | 9/28/2016 | Currently under revision | Currently under revision, but most recently, birth parents can take "short-term disability" at 80% pay for a variable number of weeks | 1 year per FMLA event | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
45 | Hamilton College | Erica De Bruin | 10/30/2014 | http://www.hamilton.edu/documents/July%202014%20Faculty%20Handbook.pdf | One semester maternity leave | 1 | For 8 weeks | No | Parental/adoption leave of up to one year without salary but with health care; birth mothers can take parental leave after maternity leave | 1 year per child, up to 2 years | Yes | Yes | "assuming parenting responsibilities" | Not noted | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
46 | Hamline University | Alina Oxendine | 12/4/2014 | 6 weeks | 2 | 6 weeks | no | 6 weeks additional | |||||||||||||||
47 | Harvard Business School | Meg Rithmire | 10/30/2014 | No codified policy as of 2014; New regulations about faculty duties introduced in 2012 make the old policy invalid, and nothing is yet codified under the new regime | Equivalent of one full year for birth mothers who are primary caregivers. HBS teaching load is "2" ( as in 0-2, 2-0, or 1-1). One gets a reduction of "1" for being a birth mother and a reduction of "1" as primary caregiver, so effectively, a full year of teaching relief if both apply. | 1 | 13 weeks | no | No. | 1 year; mandatory | Yes. Only primary caregivers entitled to any relief; see previous. | Yes. A primary caregiver of newly adopted child entitled to reduction of "1" or equivalent of one semester | "primary caregiver," meaning > 50% of duties | All leave must be taken within 12 months of child's birth | Not that I know of | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
48 | Harvard Kennedy School | Dara Kay Cohen | 10/29/2014 | http://www.faculty.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/hks-faculty-handbook-090111.pdf | 1 semester at full pay OR two semesters at half pay | 1 | 1 semester at full pay OR two semesters at half pay (this is the official policy on admin duties, but the implementation is different and is negotiated on a case-by-case basis; in practice, service may not stop during parental leave (committees, advising MPP theses, etc.) | No | ??? | 1 year | No, but leave-taker must assume half or more of the newborn care and cannot have a full-time caregiving spouse | No, policy is explicit for either a "newborn or newly adopted child" | Parental leave policy is for "a full-time faculty member who assumes half or more of the care for a newborn or newly adopted child... 'Half or more' of the care assumes day-to-day responsibility for the care of the infant and is not intended to include parents whose newborn or newly adopted child is cared for full time by either a spouse or a live-in child care provider." | This is the HKS policy only; policies at FAS/HBS may be different. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
49 | Howard University | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
50 | Imperial College London | 1 | NA | 0 | 22 (worldwide) | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
51 | Indiana University | Anna Oltman | 1/4/2015 | https://www.indiana.edu/~vpfaa/academicguide/index.php/Policy_F-4 | Yes- Up to 12 weeks of fully paid leave for individuals earning up to $125,000 annually, and partially paid leave for those making more than $125,000. If leave affects teaching duties for two consecutive semesters, the individual and her/his academic unit have to come up with an agreement regarding teaching (e.g. reduced teaching schedule, partial semester teaching, additional non-teaching duties, or combination of paid and unpaid leave). | 2 | Yes | No | Additional sick leave for pregnancy | Tenure clock stops during family leave (as well as sick leave). | No | No | Family leave may be for: "Family formation, which includes the birth or adoption of a child by the academic appointee or the academic appointee’s spouse or domestic partner," or for: "Family care, which includes the primary care of an eligible family member with a serious health condition" | No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53-64 | 114 | 150 | |||
52 | Iowa State University | Tessa Ditonto | 11/14/2014 | http://www.hrs.iastate.edu/hrs/node/49 | Adpotive parents are entitled to 5 days of paid leave. Otherwise, FMLA, which is to be taken concurrently with any accrued sick/vacation time. Any relief or modified duties aside from this must be negotiated on an individual basis with department chairs. | 2 | Varies | Yes | No | Yes, 1 year extension per child, up to 2 children | No, FMLA and individual negotiations apply to fathers too | Yes | NA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 65-77 | 155 | 193 | ||||
53 | John Carroll University | Lauren Copeland | 11/14/2014 | http://webmedia.jcu.edu/hr/files/2014/08/Staff-Policy-on-Parental-Leave.pdf | 6 weeks paid leave after 1 year of employment | 2 | FMLA eligible leave runs concurrently, parent may be eligible for additional FMLA leave | Distinction between primary vs. secondary caregiver | No | Primary vs. secondary caregiver | New policy for 2014-2015 | no | no | not ranked | not ranked | ||||||||
54 | Johns Hopkins University | Anna Oltman | 1/7/2015 | http://sites.jhu.edu/council/files/FMLPolicy.pdf , http://hrnt.jhu.edu/pol-man/documents/FMLA_WorkingDraft_final.pdf | 8 Weeks paid maternity leave; rate of salary depends on the individual's funding source (whether from general funds or from a grant). Parental leave is unpaid but teaching relief may be granted for one semester for new parents (usually reduced to half the normal teaching load). | 2 | No- those with reduced teaching loads must still carry out their advising and administrative duties | For parental leave but not for maternity leave | FMLA | Depends on written request to the Dean; extensions will be no longer than 1 year. | Yes- rules for teaching relief are the same, but the only paid leave is for birthing mothers | Yes- only paid relief is for maternity leave | "Parental leave, to care for a new child, whether through birth, adoption or placement of a foster child will be unpaid." | These policies are for the Homewood Schools Campus of JHU, which include the schools of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Education, and Business. There does not appear to be a University-wide Parental Leave Policy. See links in column D. | No | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 15 | ||
55 | Kennesaw State University | Tavishi Bhasin | 11/13/2014 | https://web.kennesaw.edu/hr/content/leave_absence_and_fmla | 12 weeks under FMLA using sick leave and short term disability | 0 | Same as teaching | Yes. | Perhaps using a leave of absence | Yes as they cannot claim short term disability or sick leave | In practice, reduced teaching loads are negotiated for the semester following the birth of the child | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
56 | Lawrence University | Jason Brozek | 11/14/2014 | Yes - one term (2 courses) for maternity, 1/2 term (1 course) for paternity | 1 | No | No | Can be requested | Yes | ||||||||||||||
57 | Lesley University | Michael Illuzzi | No | 0 | No | Women can go on disability | No | No tenure at school | Fathers can't go on disability, so yes | I will find more of the answers in the coming days and update | 0 | ||||||||||||
58 | Louisiana State University | Janet Newhall | 10/31/2014 | http://www.lsu.edu/senate/LSU%20faculty%20handbook.pdf | No | No | Yes | Standard FMLA policy | Yes, by department approval | No | No | LSU has no short-term disability, either, so only accrued sick and vacation leave can be used for paid leave, followed by unpaid FMLA leave up to 12 weeks total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78-104 | |||||||
59 | Loyola University Chicago | Molly Melin | 10/29/2014 | http://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/academicaffairs/pdfs/Faculty%20Maternity%20Guidelines%20for%20Implementation.pdf | 1 semester for birth mothers | 1 | 1 semester for birth mothers | No | No | 1 year per child | Yes - only leave for birth mothers | Yes, adoptive parents don't give birth and are not included in this policy. | NA | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
60 | Macalester College | Lesley Lavery | 10/30/2014 | http://www.macalester.edu/employmentservices/benefits/timeaway/ | A full‐time faculty member who is assuming primary care of a new dependent, and who is on a multi‐year terminal contract with a minimum of two years remaining in the contract or on a tenured or tenure track contract, may choose one of the following leave options :Option A: Up to six weeks leave at full pay with a full teaching load for the rest of the academic year. Option B: One semester leave and a full load for the remainder of the academic year. Option C: A one course release. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
61 | Marquette University | Amber Wichowsky | 10/30/2014 | http://www.marquette.edu/hr/MaternityLeave.shtml | Up to 12 weeks (using short-term disability days at 100%, remainder paid at 75%) | 2 | up to 12 weeks (using short-term disability days acquired at 100%; remainder paid at 75%) | Yes | Three options given to faculty to be negotiated with Department Chair/Dean | 1 year per child, max 2 | No | No | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
62 | McGill University | Juliet Johnson | 10/31/2014 | http://www.mcgill.ca/apo/academic-staff/procedures/maternity-parental/ | Yes. 20 weeks leave at full pay, option of an additional 11 weeks at 60% pay. Spouse also eligible for leave at reduced rates. | 1 | Yes, same | No | Yes, up to 41 additional weeks of unpaid leave. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 (worldwide) | 44 | 39 | ||||||||
63 | Mercer University | Wesley Barker | 11/2/2014 | http://departments.mercer.edu/payroll/Employee%20Handbook.pdf | yes; 8 weeks paid leave for 1-5years of service; 10 weeks paid for 6-10 years of service; 12 weeks of paid leave for more than 10 years of service to the University as faculty. | 2 | Not sure. | Not sure | Yes, but no more than 12 weeks total | Not sure | No | No | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
64 | Miami University (Ohio) | Monica Schneider | 11/14/2014 | page 42 http://www.miamioh.edu/_files/documents/secretary/MUPIM.pdf | 6 weeks (up to 12 if medically necessary and can use sick leave) | 2 | ? | only if beyond 6 weeks | no | yes - 1 year | yes - fathers get 3 weeks | Yes - get 3 weeks paid | can use sick leave to get paid for weeks 6-12 IF doctor writes note that it's medically necessary; can take up to 3 months unpaid or do a P/T option at 1/2 pay | no | 1 | 0 | |||||||
65 | Michigan State University | Sarah Reckhow | 10/31/2014 | http://www.hr.msu.edu/documents/facacadhandbooks/facultyhandbook/parentalLeave.htm | Officially 6 weeks paid leave. But it is standard practice in my dept (and seems to be elsewhere) to offer 1 course release. However, this is done at the department level. | 2 | Yes | No | Yes | 1 year per child, for up to 2 children; http://www.hr.msu.edu/documents/facacadhandbooks/facultyhandbook/implementation.htm | No | No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53-64 | 75 | 82 | |||||
66 | Middlebury College | Amy Yuen, Sarah Stroup | 10/30/2014 | http://www.middlebury.edu/about/handbook/faculty/familial_leaves | 1 semester+winter term depending on the due date | 1 | 6 weeks | No | 6 weeks? | 1 semester per birth | No | No | Primary Caregiver | There is a detailed description of policy for two faculty couples and faculty/staff couples as well. | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
67 | Minnesota State University | Kevin Parsneau | 12/4/2014 | http://www.hr.mnscu.edu/contract_plans/documents/IFO%202011-2013%20CBA%20and%20TOC%20FINAL.pdf | 6 weeks paid parental leave plus possible additional unpaid leave | 2 | 6 weeks (it does not appear to differentiate between teaching and administrative duties) | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | no | ||||||||
68 | Mississippi State University | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
69 | MIT | Chris Warshaw | 10/30/2014 | http://web.mit.edu/policies/7/7.5.html#sub2 | 1 semester | 1 | 1 semester | No | ? | 1 year for mother, none for father | Yes, no tenure clock extension for fathers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
70 | Montana State University | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
71 | Mount Holyoke College | Liz Markovits | 10/30/2014 | https://www.mtholyoke.edu/deanoffaculty/current_faculty/parental-leave | 1 semester full pay (or single course reduction for two semesters at full pay); immediate eligibility for sr. lecturers/tt/tenured faculty-- that is, no need to wait one semester/year to take leave, unless visitor (then must be in second year of contract and continuing after). | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
72 | New Mexico State University | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78-104 | 251-275 | |||||||||||||||||
73 | New York University | Nicole Simonelli | 11/26/2014 | http://www.nyu.edu/about/policies-guidelines-compliance/policies-and-guidelines/workload-relief-policy.html | “New York University's workload relief policy permits one (1) semester of workload relief from classroom teaching and administrative committee work, or two (2) semesters of half relief from such duties based on the individual's normal yearly workload at full salary. Workload relief is not considered a leave as faculty members are expected to make themselves available to the extent reasonable and practicable for their customary responsibilities of research, student consultation and advising.” | 2 | Yes | no | max 2 semesters for primary care giver | Yes? (must be primary care giver) | No | primary care-giver | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 36 | 38 | |||||
74 | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 65-77 | 324 | |||||||||||||||||
75 | North Carolina State University | 1 | 1 | 0 | 65-77 | 213 | |||||||||||||||||
76 | North Dakota State University | Dan Pemstein | 10/30/2014 | http://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/135.pdf | College (AHSS) policy allows deparments to "reassign duties" for up to one semester. This is optional but often results in one semester without teaching for mothers. Technically the policy covers both spouses, but I have never heard of a case of a father taking advantage of the policy (http://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/ahss/family2010.pdf). Other college have similar polices. | No | Yes | FMLA - 12 weeks | 1 year for both parents | No | No | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
77 | Northern Illinois University | Shweta Moorthy | 10/31/2014 | http://www.hr.niu.edu/ServiceAreas/MedicalAndDisabilityLeaves/FMLA.cfm | No | No | No | Standard FMLA policy | When FMLA is taken in such a way that the faculty member returns to work mid-semester, then arrangements for work load are determined on an individual basis via MOU. | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
78 | Northeastern University | https://www.northeastern.edu/policies/pdfs/Policy_on_Paid_Parental_Leave.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3gGHBzgMn011UOINz58mtGMbKJmMrnOPJZVBuYM9I1wxqxJBNbF3Zn4Ng | 8 weeks full pay and 4 week 50% pay- maternity or paternity leave | 2 | Leave inclues relief from membership on committees but not from advising duties. | no | yes | ||||||||||||||||
79 | Northwestern University | Anna Oltman | 1/5/2015 | http://www.northwestern.edu/provost/policies/faculty-leave-and-holidays/policy-on-faculty-family-leave.html | One academic term of paid leave for childbearing or adoption (w/ additional term for childrearing), "with corresponding reduction in teaching load" (which cannot amount to less than teaching one course a year). | 1 | Leave inclues relief from membership on committees but not from advising duties. | No | FMLA | One year for childbirth or adoption, with possibility for an additional year for childrearing (adoption and childrearing applies to both partners, childbirth to the birth mother only). | Yes- no tenure extension for childbirth for non-birthing parent. | No- technically different category for "adoption leave" vs. "childbearing leave" (though both are eligible for the additional "childrearing leave," but the policies are the same. | For childrearing leave, individual must be "at least an equal partner in caring for a child." | Only one leave per "birth or adoption event," but additional leave for the birth/adoption of twins can be sought through FMLA. | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 25 | 21 | |||
80 | Ohio State University | Sara Watson | 11/3/2014 | for info on parental leave see: http://hr.osu.edu/public/documents/worklife/Parentalcareguidebook.pdf?t=201411343650; for info on clock extension see http://trustees.osu.edu/rules/university-rules/rules6/ru6-03.html | 6 weeks paid; you can use your sick leave to get up to 12 weeks. | 2 | Not sure. | Yes | Standard FMLA policy | Yes, may request 1 year for each child, up to 3 children. (It used to be 'automatic'- chair was supposed to automatically request extension- but now they tell us it is our responsibility to make the request to the chair.) | No | Same policy as for non-birthing parent | Must be working for the university for a full year before receiving any leave benefits, including unpaid leave. Policy about 'automatic' extension of tenure clock is unclear as there has been confusion about what automatic means. The previous interpretation [in place with my first child] was that the chair was supposed to automatically request an extension of the probationary period for you (then you could still decide to go up on your normal timeline if you chose), but more recently faculty have been told it is their responsibility to ask their chair to initiate the clock extension (the more recent interpretation of automatic is that once your chair makes the request it is automatically granted). | I didn't see any. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 34 | 68 | |||
81 | Ohio Wesleyan University | Ashley Biser | 12/8/2014 | http://provost.owu.edu/pdfs/FacultyHandbook.pdf | See VI, pg 12 of linked handbook. Personal Leave (pregnancy) [A full-time faculty member who is pregnant is entitled to a leave with full pay equivalent to a three-course load reduction (full semester load at OWU), to be distributed as she wishes. If this leave does not meet the needs of the faculty member, she may explore alternatives with the Provost and department chair]. No specific policy for paternal leave or parental leave in the case of an adoption, but they are covered under "family or exceptional circumstances" and "short-term emergency leave" policies--all negotiable with the Provost. | 1 | unclear | no | negotiable | can be requested | yes | yes, in official policy, but no in practical terms | very unequal policy with regard to staff, particularly librarians, who are considered voting members of the faculty but are only covered under staff leave policies | no | no | no | |||||||
82 | Oregon State University | Andrew Thurber | 10/30/2014 | http://hr.oregonstate.edu/orientation/benefits-overview/classified-10-fte-benefits/leave-accrual-use-leave-time#family | None. 12 weeks unpaid allowed | 0 | None | yes | no | 1 | 1 | 0 | 65-77 | 250 | 301-350 | ||||||||
83 | Pennsylvania State University | Elizabeth Carlson | 10/30/2014 | http://guru.psu.edu/policies/OHR/hrg18.html | Semester | 1 | Six weeks (de facto one semester in my department) | No | Leave of absence without pay up to one year | One year per child; second child negotiable | Yes | No | No | There are conflicting policies within the university | Yes, only for adoption | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 52 | 58 | ||
84 | Pitzer College | Rachel VanSickle-Ward | 75% pay for one semester or full pay for 6 weeks for full-time faculty members on tenure-track or tenured appointments, | 2 | Yes (same as teaching relief - 75% pay for one semester or full pay for 6 weeks) | no | No | No | Primary care taker | 35 (liberal arts) | |||||||||||||
85 | please contact Jessica Weeks (jweeks@wisc.edu) with any questions | ||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Portland State University | Melody Ellis Valdini | 10/29/2014 | http://www.pdx.edu/hr/family-medical-leave | None! But, if you have sick hours, you may use those. If you don't have the sick hours, you're out of luck. | 0 | None! | Yes- sick leave | FMLA 12 weeks | 1 year but must request | No | No | NA | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
87 | Princeton University | Allison Schnable | 10/30/2014 | http://www.princeton.edu/dof/policies/publ/fac/pregnancy_childbirth/ | One semester full teaching relief or two semesters at half-relief | 1 | Yes, one semester or two semesters at half-relief | no | Women who give birth get 10-12 weeks paid short-term disability. This presumably relieves them from all work, while the teaching relief applies to any parent who does not give birth | 1 year | Not for teaching/admin relief | Not for teaching/admin relief | 20 hrs/week | Not noted | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 7 | |||
88 | Providence College | Ruth Ben-Artzi | 1/1/2015 | http://www.providence.edu/academic-affairs/faculty-resources/Documents/extended-sick-leave-program-ordinary.pdf | one semester full teaching relief | 1 | yes, one semester. | yes. sick leave | 1 year | no | no | primary care taker | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
89 | Purdue University | Anna Oltman | 1/6/2015 | http://www.purdue.edu/policies/human-resources/vie3.html , http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/advance/assets/pdfs/documents/worklife/work-family-policies.pdf | Up to 240 hours Paid Parental Leave for mother who has given birth. Up to 120 hours for non-birthing parent or for parents who have adopted. Must be taken within the first 12 months. | 2 | Appears to be a matter of agreement with individual's department. | Yes- FMLA runs concurrent to Paid Parental Leave | FMLA, but use of Paid Parental Leave reduces the employee's FMLA balance because they run concurrently (even if they need to use FMLA for an unrelated family or medical issue) | One-year tenure clock extension (for either birthing or non-birthing parent and for parents of adoption as well as childbirth) | Yes | Yes | N/A | No | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 69 | 102 | |||
90 | Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute | 0 | 1 | 0 | 369 | ||||||||||||||||||
91 | Rice University | Ashley Leeds | 10/28/2014 | http://professor.rice.edu/IndependentPage.aspx?id=696 | 1 semester | 1 | 1 semester | no | ??? | 1 year for each primary caregiver leave up to 2 upon request | Leave available to "primary caregiver". If both parents are employed at Rice, only one can take leave. "There shall be only one primary caregiver leave entitlement per child and it may not be divided." | policy applies to adoptive parents if child is under one year of age | "The primary caregiver is the person in the household who has primary responsibility in terms of time and commitment for the active care, custody and welfare of the child. A faculty member applying for primary caregiver leave must complete a signed and notarized affidavit with University Human Resources certifying that he or she is the primary caregiver and supply supporting documentation if requested." | "The semester covered by this leave will be chosen at the discretion of the faculty member, as long as it is completed within 9 months after birth or adoption." | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 89 | 69 | |||
92 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 10/30/2014 | Currently proposed, likely to pass: 1 semester for primary caregiver of birth or adopted child, one course release for secondary caregiver. Primary caregiver also gets 1 course release the semester following leave. | No | 1 year | No | no | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
93 | Rockefeller University | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
94 | Rutgers University | Damon Fillman | 11/12/2014 | Article XVI of the Collective Bargaining Agreeement found at http://rutgersaaup.org/sites/default/files/images/FT_Agreement_2007-2011.pdf | Under our Collective Bargaining Agreement, six weeks of recuperative paid leave is available to females after birth. In addition, eight weeks of paid leave is available to a non-gender specific parent to care for a newborn child. If a pregnant mother becomes disabled after birth she'll have an additional eight weeks of paid leave available to her, resulting in potentially fourteen weeks of total relief time, depending on the circumstances. | 2 | N/A | No | FMLA and similar New Jersey laws allow for unpaid leave and our Collective Bargaining Agreement contains a leave of absence provision of up to two consesutive years, upon eligibility. | If an employee takes a 1 semester leave, an entire year may be excluded from the probationary period. In addition, a second probataitory year may be excluded upon request and upon eligiblity. | Our Collective Bargaining Agreement only allows for eight weeks of paid leave for fathers or non-birthing partners, whereas mothers may be eligible for up to fourteen weeks. | Our Collective Bargaining Agreement doesn't include adoptive parents in terms of paid relief time, but New Jersey law, upon eligibility, allows for adoptive parents to utilize six weeks of Temporary Disability Insurance to care for a newborn or adopted child. | N/A | No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 70 | 144 | |||
95 | Saint Louis University | Jason Windett | 11/14/2014 | http://www.slu.edu/Documents/provost/policies_procedures/Childcare_Leave_Policy_Faculty.pdf | 6 weeks paid leave. | 2 | At the discretion of the department chair | No | no | No | Yes | ||||||||||||
96 | Salisbury University | Echo Leaver | 12/4/2014 | http://www.salisbury.edu/provost/handbook/ | No. Different departments may work with individual faculty | 0 | No | Yes | Yes - 1 year optional | no | |||||||||||||
97 | Santa Clara University | Naomi Levy | 12/4/2014 | http://www.scu.edu/provost/policy/handbook/upload/Chpt-3-Combined-08-13-14.pdf and http://www.scu.edu/hr/manual/600/ | 12 weeks plus eligible for pregnancy disability | 2 | yes, this is included in the 12 weeks | no | yes, always available | Automatic 1-year extension of the probationary period (see section 3.4.1.1 of faculty handbook) | no | no | no | no | no | no | |||||||
98 | Sewanee: University of the South | Melody Crowder-Meyer | 11/16/2014 | http://provost.sewanee.edu/media/provost/Parental_Leave_Policy_2013.pdf | 2-3 teaching load, policy provides a one course reduction during the year at full annual pay with full benefits; or a two course reduction during the year at 80% annual pay with proportional benefits; or a three course reduction during the year at 60% annual pay with proportional benefits. So, often results in a year with a 1 course semester followed by a 3 course semester (or vice versa) | 2 | If possible and if requested by the faculty member, the faculty member should be relieved from her or his service on college and university committees during the semester or academic year in question. | no (faculty don't get sick leave) | no | e | No - the policy is for faculty members "who are the parent with primary responsibility for child care" | no | not defined other than "the parent with primary responsibility for child care" | no | no | no | |||||||
99 | Spelman College | Yes (100% pay for 6 weeks, 70% for another 6 weeks -- to coincide with FMLA) | 2 | Yes (same as teaching relief - 100% pay for 6 weeks, 70% for another 6 weeks -- to coincide with FMLA) | Yes- FMLA runs concurrent to Paid Parental Leave | Yes, 4 weeks | One year | No, policy applies to whoever is the primary caregiver | No | Primary caregiver | No | No | no | ||||||||||
100 | Stanford University | Erin Mordecai | 10/30/2014 | https://facultyhandbook.stanford.edu/ch3.html#fam | 1-2 quarters teaching relief for the birth mother, 1 quarter for the father or adopting parent; other childcare and pregnancy disability leave also available | 2 | No | ? | Yes, FMLA and childcare leave | 1 year? | Yes | Yes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||||