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Gender Norms and Institutional Culture: The Family-Friendly Versus the Father-Friendly University
- The Journal of Higher Education
- The Ohio State University Press
- Volume 84, Number 3, May/June 2013
- pp. 363-396
- 10.1353/jhe.2013.0017
- Article
- Additional Information
This article investigates the role that gender norms and expectations about parenting play in establishing the family-friendly versus the father-friendly university. Using interviews with 51 male faculty at three research universities, the article considers how faculty and administrators' actions perpetuate cultures that promote or hinder men's involvement in the home.