The impact of changing demographics in higher education, and the importance of family-friendly policies, is well documented. There is an urgent need to keep PhDs in the higher education sector, to recruit talented scholars into academia, and retain them over the course of their academic careers. The key is instituting policies to enable all constituencies to balance work and personal responsibilities.

This book covers the range of issues faced by all generations in academe, from PhD students, to the -sandwich generation- (those caring for children and aging parents simultaneously)...