He said the new guidance - which reportedly has the backing of Education Secretary Nicky Morgan - would also permit time off to see parents returning from duty with the armed forces, and for children with disabilities or special needs who are suffering a family crisis.
Agrarian-based economies did not have the luxury to permit time off.
She permitted herself time off from her thinking, her equations, and became more interested in going to movies and parties, living it up a bit.
The center has traditionally attracted people whose lives permit extended time off, like writers and entrepreneurs.
To create a more fluid exchange of ideas, then, professors will be not just permitted, but also encouraged, to take time off to work on commercial (or even nonprofit) projects.
When Fish's employer did not permit him time off to attend the awards, he quit.
Such indignities include refusing to permit a scientist to take or return to work after maternity leave, or even to have time off for a parent's funeral.
Is it literally time off?
