Dual-Career-Couple Hiring Practices in Higher Education
by
Lisa Wolf-Wendel, Susan B. Twombly, Suzanne Rice
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Approximately eight of every ten academics have spouses or partners who are working professionals, and almost half of these partners are academics as well. In fact, dual-career academic couples are so prevalent that "the two-body problem" has become a common way of referring to the situation....