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Duke okays donations to leave pool for its Katrina relief volunteers
Duke University has introduced a temporary program that provides reimbursement to employees who volunteered during Hurricane Katrina disaster relief for the time they took off from work. Fellow employees are able to donate their own accrued vacation or paid time off, in half-day or full-day increments, to a general leave pool. From this pool, those employees who volunteered can be reimbursed for up to five days (40 hours) of vacation or paid time off. The program will remain in effect through at least the end of the year.

Princeton changes tenure policy
According to the American Council on Education’s Office of Women in Higher Education, Princeton University has become the first institution to adopt a policy that grants all faculty members extra time to pursue tenure after the birth or adoption of a child. Under this policy, assistant professors will receive a one-year extension for every child born or adopted without a limit on the number of extensions granted.

“What we’re trying to do is make Princeton as family friendly a place as possible,” says, David Dobkin, dean of the faculty. “One thing we’ve been working on here is helping people have a work-life balance.” Since the implementation of the program this past May, a number of extensions have been granted.
—Emily Begnaud

 
 
 


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