Sentences with phrase «career couples»

Second, we've seen a huge increase in the number of dual career couples over the past two or three decades.

Hiring a heterosexual dual - career couple brings in both a male and a female faculty member; in percentage terms, then, the effect on faculty diversity is diluted.

Time: Couples with children and dual career couples need to learn how to protect their marriage from lack of time spent with each other.

Most scientists are familiar with the dual career couple issue, either personally or via the concerns of colleagues.

Since 1980's we have seen a shift in this arrangement as dual - career couples attempt to reconcile their relationship and career needs by living apart.

One of these couples, by the way, has solved all the problems arising from being a dual - career couple by sharing one full - time position.

Dual - career couples raise a number of new tasks for German universities.

A dual - career couple discusses the challenges and rewards of starting two science careers in a foreign country.

They asked dual science career couples to share the difficulties they face in finding two jobs in the same place.

Becoming a two - career couple brought new pressures and problems, but also new possibilities in our marriage.

Dual - career couples need flexibility, they said.

In 1999 McNeil, together with Marc Sher of the physics department of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, published a detailed survey of dual - career couples in physics.

The movie is about a married career couple who are working to make their careers a success when they suddenly find themselves wards of 4 children.

Recognizing that more than a third of university faculty nationally has a spouse or partner who also works in academia, and another 36 percent have a partner employed outside of higher education, a new tri-state regional section of the national Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) will help dual - career couples find job openings within reasonable commuting distances of one another.

According to current statistics, in the U.S. today women make up 50 % of the workforce (The Shriver Report, 2009) and dual - career couples comprise over 70 % of two parent households with children (Bianchi, 2008).

Scientist - Couples Finally, in last year's dual - career couples feature we focused not so much on parenthood, but on couplehood — that is, what it takes to enjoy a fulfilling partnership while also pursuing demanding careers.

While ADVANCE doesn't address dual - career couples per se, the center has sponsored a workshop for deans and chairs on spousal hiring.

Next Wave: What could be done to improve the situation for such dual - career couples from your point of view?

My Career, My Non-Academic Husband, and Me 17 August 2012 Aurélie Ambrosi The implications of being in a mixed - career couple became apparent to biologist Aurélie Ambrosi as lifestyle differences appeared.

For dual - career couples with children at home, the key to survival is flexibility and a dose of good luck, says Jeanette Hofman, a contributor from the Netherlands.

(You can read more about the plight of the dual academic career couple here on Next Wave.)

«Our study attempts to help answer the question of whether dual - career couples [relationships where both partners pursue their careers] should be hesitant to devote many hours to their work when they fear negative relationship consequences,» the researchers continue.

Across all ranks, women scientists in dual - career couples perform more core housework than do similarly situated men scientists (figure 3).

Eighth grade language arts teacher Charles Elliott is one half of of a dual teaching career couple.

The study zeroed in on 182 highly educated, dual - career couples who claimed that sharing the workload at home evenly was important to them.

Across the pond, Next Wave's German editor, Eick von Ruschkowski, recently attended the first conference in Germany that focused explicitly on the dual - career couple issue.

Aligning their plans and ambitions helped a dual - career couple find two faculty jobs at the same institution.

Historically, couples in this situation tended to have a primary breadwinner that commuted to «seek out» work (or complete military service) and would often maintain a smaller secondary home, but would commute to the primary home.1 However, since 1980's we have seen a shift in this arrangement as dual - career couples attempt to reconcile their relationship and career needs by living apart.

The University seeks to meet the needs of dual career couples and has a Dual Career program to assist with dual career searches.

But there were few extended conversations about being part of a dual - career couple or explorations of how both you and your partner could meld work and family.

In today's world of dual - career couples in the work force, our public policy has not caught up.»

When it comes to gross income, many lenders say it's acceptable today to factor in a second income if you're part of a dual - career couple.

Nurture and housekeeping are the tasks left undone by dual - career couples.

If you are a two - career couple and both of you want or need to work, you have lots of company today.

And it's not confined to two - career couples.

Amato says the happiest couples are upper - middle - class, two - career couples.

Given the sharp rise in women's advancement in education and the impact this has on dual - career couples and their earning potential, women will be less likely to play the role of the «accommodating spouse» as it pertains to childrearing duties.

In Europe, attitudes toward dual - career couples are different than in the United States, so plan accordingly

The authors call upon institutions to offer better child care options, flexible working hours, and job opportunities for dual - career couples.

The hiring of dual - career couples is no longer surprising; it is increasingly seen as necessary and normal.

As their relationship deepened, they were faced with the dilemma of many dual - career couples: Whose career would chart the course of their marriage?

Some time ago, German universities mainly had to deal with «classic» career couples: When a professor got appointed, a new position for his wife — assuming she was a teacher — was easily found.

Major universities located in urban areas with other top - level schools are not actively recruiting dual - career couples, unless it is to secure a star in a certain field, Nerad said.

Others, such as UC Davis, have set up programs to address the needs of dual - career couples.

In recent years the number of stories about dual - career couples has exploded.

Ganesan has seen advertisements from institutes and universities that embrace dual - career couples.

Schröder is one of many young scientists in a so - called «dual - career couple» situation in which both partners would like to benefit from their professional opportunities.

«If you have any sort of ties that bind you to one particular spot on the planet, it diminishes your chances to absolutely zero,» warns Kay Schneitz, who knows from personal experience the difficulty of being half of a dual - career couple.