Equitable Solutions for Retaining a Robust STEM Workforce: Beyond Best Practices

Equitable Solutions for Retaining a Robust STEM Workforce offers strategies and proven recommendations to accommodate work/life satisfaction for those in the STEM fields. Using real-life case studies, this book discusses universal issues such as dual careers and strategic decision making, childcare/dependent care in professional contexts, promoting family-friendly policies, as well as mentoring and networking.

Equitable Solutions for Retaining a  Robust STEM Workforce provides data and tools to drive successful programs relaying proactive solutions that STEM employers, academic institutions, policy-makers, and individuals can utilize.

Distills and leverages best practices and internationally transportable policies to support and accommodate STEM work/life satisfactionServes as an action plan to help STEM employers, policy makers and academic institutions identify and create systemic changeIncludes case studies and practical tools sections to highlight effective integration strategiesAddresses a variety of work/life challenges, including supporting travel for dual-career couples, making strategic choices around work/life issues, and overcoming implicit bias 

PART 1: Surveying the Landscape I. Envisioning the STEM Workplace of the Future: The Need for Work/Life Programs and Family-Friendly Practices II.  Work/Life Integration Challenges Are Worldwide

PART 2: Award-Winning Solutions III. Addressing Work/Life Issues IV.  Dual Careers and Strategic Decision Making V. Childcare and Dependent Care in Professional Contexts VI. Promoting Family-Friendly Policies

PART 3:  Advancing Comprehensive Solutions VII. Mentoring and Networking Strategies VIII. Addressing Implicit Bias and the Workplace IX. Government Policy Implications for Family-Related Issues