Bruce D. McDonald III is Associate Professor of Public Budgeting and Finance at NC State University. He is the editor-in-chief of Public Administration, the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education and is general editor for the Routledge Public Affairs Education Book Series.William Hatcher is Professor of Public Administration and Chair of the Department of Social Sciences at Augusta University. He also serves as the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education and is general editor for the Routledge Public Affairs Education Book Series.

• Finding balance: An introduction to Work- Life Balance in Higher Education Part I: Framing work- life balance 1. Academics of PA or: How we learned to stop working and find some balance 2. Life and work: Always choosing Part II: Addressing work- life balance 3. Examining junior faculty work- life balance in public affairs programs in the United States 4. Investigating faculty motivation and its connection to faculty work- life balance: Engaging public service motivation to explore faculty motivation 5. Work- life balance and well- being of graduate students 6. Hyper- separation as a tool for work/ life balance: Commuting in academia 7. Reflections on tenure, the two- body problem, and retention in the 21st century academy 8. Implementing specifications grading in MPA courses: A potential strategy for better work- life balance

Bruce D. McDonald III is Associate Professor of Public Budgeting and Finance at NC State University. He is the editor-in-chief of Public Administration, the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education and is general editor for the Routledge Public Affairs Education Book Series.William Hatcher is Professor of Public Administration and Chair of the Department of Social Sciences at Augusta University. He also serves as the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education and is general editor for the Routledge Public Affairs Education Book Series.

• Finding balance: An introduction to Work- Life Balance in Higher Education Part I: Framing work- life balance 1. Academics of PA or: How we learned to stop working and find some balance 2. Life and work: Always choosing Part II: Addressing work- life balance 3. Examining junior faculty work- life balance in public affairs programs in the United States 4. Investigating faculty motivation and its connection to faculty work- life balance: Engaging public service motivation to explore faculty motivation 5. Work- life balance and well- being of graduate students 6. Hyper- separation as a tool for work/ life balance: Commuting in academia 7. Reflections on tenure, the two- body problem, and retention in the 21st century academy 8. Implementing specifications grading in MPA courses: A potential strategy for better work- life balance

Bruce D. McDonald III is Associate Professor of Public Budgeting and Finance at NC State University. He is the editor-in-chief of Public Administration, the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education and is general editor for the Routledge Public Affairs Education Book Series.William Hatcher is Professor of Public Administration and Chair of the Department of Social Sciences at Augusta University. He also serves as the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education and is general editor for the Routledge Public Affairs Education Book Series.

• Finding balance: An introduction to Work- Life Balance in Higher Education Part I: Framing work- life balance 1. Academics of PA or: How we learned to stop working and find some balance 2. Life and work: Always choosing Part II: Addressing work- life balance 3. Examining junior faculty work- life balance in public affairs programs in the United States 4. Investigating faculty motivation and its connection to faculty work- life balance: Engaging public service motivation to explore faculty motivation 5. Work- life balance and well- being of graduate students 6. Hyper- separation as a tool for work/ life balance: Commuting in academia 7. Reflections on tenure, the two- body problem, and retention in the 21st century academy 8. Implementing specifications grading in MPA courses: A potential strategy for better work- life balance