Time: Couples with children and
dual career couples need to learn how to protect their marriage from lack of time spent with each other.
Not exact matches
Dual -
career couples need flexibility, they said.
Finally, as always, we have a list of Resources for
dual -
career couples — and those interested in accommodating their
needs.
Back in 2001, Cornell University decided it
needed to do more to help
dual -
career couples in order to stay competitive in recruiting new faculty members.
In our upcoming book, The Two Body Problem (Johns Hopkins Press), we examine the policies and practices employed by colleges and universities that try to respond to the
needs of
dual -
career couples, focusing specifically on cases in which the initial hire is a faculty member.
Our research shows that colleges and universities are beginning to recognize the extraprofessional
needs of
dual -
career couples and are willing to try to help them, whether through a formal policy or ad hoc.
The parallel between the
needs of
dual -
career couples and the problem as described by physicists is striking.
«Higher education institutions now face opportunities to recruit
dual -
career couples, so when we recruit a faculty member, we almost always
need to find a position for his or her spouse or partner,» says Lynn Singer, CWRU deputy provost and vice president for academic affairs.
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.