Why did Northwestern revise its Faculty Family Leave Policy?
Northwestern University is committed to ensuring a family-friendly work environment that will enhance the recruitment and retention of excellent faculty. The University expanded its accommodations for faculty parents for childbearing, adoption, and childrearing in response to recommendations received from the Faculty Family Leave Committee, a group of faculty convened by the Provost to provide advice on issues of concern to all faculty.In addition to formalizing the availability of 10 weeks (or one academic quarter) of paid childbearing leave, the new policy also provides eligible faculty members with: (1) paid adoption leave for either parent of a newly adopted child; and (2) paid childrearing leave for parents, male and female, who share equally the responsibility for rearing of a young child. These new provisions are in addition to the longstanding availability of a year’s extension of the probationary period for untenured, tenure-track faculty relating to the birth, adoption, or re
Related Questions
- My partner and I are both Northwestern faculty and we each meet the policy’s eligibility requirements. What leave is available to us following the birth or adoption of a child?
- What paperwork does a faculty member need to fill out in order to initiate a family leave?
- What is the procedure for requesting leave under the Faculty Family Leave policy?
