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The two-body problem : dual-career-couple hiring policies in higher education / Lisa Wolf-Wendel, Susan B. Twombly, Suzanne Rice.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolf-Wendel, Lisa.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Academic couples--Employment--United States.
- Academic couples.
- Academic couples--Selection and appointment--United States.
- Dual-career families--Employment--United States.
- Dual-career families.
- Dual-career families--Selection and appointment--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (202 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The authors examine policies and practices used by colleges and universities to respond to the needs of dual-career couples within the economic, legal, and demographic contexts of higher education. "A useful compendium of how institutions of differing size, type and location are grappling with the dual-career problems." -- Connection.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Dual-Career Couples
- 3 Introduction to the Cases and the Qualitative Method
- 4 Relocation Services
- 5 Accommodation through Non-Tenure-Track and Adjunct Faculty Positions
- 6 Accommodation through Split and Shared Positions
- 7 Accommodation through Shared Advertising
- 8 In Pursuit of Tenure-Track Positions
- 9 Common Concerns about Dual-Career Hiring Practices
- 10 The Two-Body Problem Revisited
- Appendix A Survey Methodology
- Appendix B Useful Internet Resources
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-8149-8
- OCLC:
- 551889726
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