Cornell and Harvard Universities, and the health care systems of the University of Wisconsin and Virginia Commonwealth University, have all made the list of 100 best employers by Working Mother magazine.
Working Mother magazine uses seven different measures to identify the best employers, including worforce profile (not sure what this means), compensation, child care, flexibility, time off and leaves, family-friendly programs and company culture. While I imagine that Cornell and Harvard are doing a fine job when it comes to institutional climate, they are not necessarily the most progressive institutions when it comes to family-friendly policies. For a list of those institution, see my previous post on family-friendly policies. Also, I am skeptical when any survey ranks higher education alongside the corporate sector. How can faculty work be compared to all other professions when we are typically 9 month employees with autonomy, flexibility, etc.?
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