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Serra House, the home of the Clayman Institute since 1979
A place to discuss hiring and retention issues for dual-career couples in academia and beyond. Share your experiences and your solutions.
About the Clayman Institute for Gender Research
Founded in 1974 at Stanford University, the Clayman Institute for Gender Research creates a more equal society for women and men through innovative research and public education. Visit us on the web at http://gender.stanford.edu/
Serra House, the home of the Clayman Institute since 1979
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Read more about Dual-Career issues
- Wolf-Wendel, L.E., Twombly, S. & Rice, S. (2003) "The Two-Body Problem: Dual Career Couple Hiring Policies in Higher Education" (John Hopkins Press)
2 comments:
Yes to both: The year I got my t/t job (at which, ultimately, my spouse also got a t/t job), I was offered another one as well. The school was comparable, and they made an offer for my spouse, but it was for permanent non-tenure-track instructorship.
Even though nothing was guaranteed at the job I eventually took, it still seemed a better deal than exiling her to such dim prospects.
As it so happens, I once had to resign from a job I had accepted--but not yet moved to--because the pending offer to my husband de-materialized (due to a change of deans between the time I received my offer and when it came time to put together something for him). Fortunately, just around the time I accepted two positions became available at the same university; we interviewed for the respective jobs in our fields (a month apart) and received two offers, which we took. It is not clear how much our two offers were "linked" in the minds of the two search committees.
We are now both full professors at that institution, by the way.
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