This document reports preliminary results from a national survey of college faculty performed as part of the Mapping Project. The project and the survey concern the ways faculty balance, or do not balance, commitments to work and family. The theoretical framework was based on the work of J. Williams (1991) and others who have argued that an "ideal worker norm" has developed that often leads to job discrimination against women. In the academic context, the ideal worker norm may led to "bias avoidance" behaviors that occur when individuals deny themselves the opportunity to take on family commitments or minimize the impact of family on work performance. The survey process began with a sample of 702 U.S. colleges and universities. Of these institutions, 507 provided faculty names and addresses, and complete responses were eventually received from 4,188 faculty members (net response rate of 28.6%). Analysis of the survey results shows that bias avoidance behaviors are more common among female than male faculty. Women responding reported raising fewer children and reported lower levels of organizational and supervisor support for dual commitments to work and family. Although evidence was mixed, it did not appear that research institutions are less conducive to family formation than are teaching institutions. An appendix describes the sample of institutions. (SLD)