Heather Antecol is the Boswell Professor of Economics, Claremont McKenna College
Heather Antecol is the Boswell Professor of Economics, Claremont McKenna College
Many research universities have adopted more “family-friendly” tenure rules aimed at helping women balance family and career. Research shows that despite such policies, gender equality remains elusive in academia when it comes to tenure. Rather, some of these policies are helping men, not women.