The academic life course, time pressures and gender inequality

In this paper we examine time pressures facing faculty members in the USA, especially assistant professors. We consider whether the strategy of sequencing life events, specifically ‘tenure first, kids later’, is a viable strategy for faculty today. We draw from the 1998 National Survey of Post‐Secondary Faculty, which includes data on over 10,000 full‐time professors in US universities. We examine the amount of time faculty work on a weekly...