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Tips for success as a dual career academic couple.
Traditional marriage vows include the words "for better or for worse." But they don't mention coping with the logistics of being part of a dual career academic couple.
A panel of administrators spoke about the issue at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) conference held in Denver in March. Camille Consolvo is assistant to the VP of student affairs at Bowling Green State University OH. Also from the campus were Michael Danells, her husband and a professor of higher education and student affairs, and Timothy Burkhalter, assistant director of student life. Lori Reesor is assistant dean in the school of education at the University of Missouri.
A growing trend
In 1920, only 8% of the population was in a dual career situation. By 1950, that number had risen to 20%. And by 1980, to 38%. In 2000, it decreased to 37%, due to the drop in the number of "traditional" families.
A 1999 Cornell University study found that 59% of men and 52% of women felt their spouse's job was as important as their own. But 39% of the women and only 12% of the men said their spouse's job was more important.
Of respondents to a 2000 survey by the American Association of Colleges and Universities, 80% said that the accompanying partner's acceptance of the new position was an important consideration before signing a contract. More than half (53%) with dual career spouses and 49% without them encouraged employers to help dual career couples with relocation issues.
A successful relocation policy should be competitive and used to increase the numbers of faculty of color and attract women and academic stars. It should also compensate for location.
- South Dakota Wheat Growers Chief Accepts Job in Kansas City, Kan.
- Newspaper article from: American News (Aberdeen, South Dakota) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) July 12, 2002 700+ words
...leaving at the end of the month for Kansas City, Kan. Gales has accepted a position...sector to join her husband in Kansas City. The couple say moving was a...Agriculture Development Center, are a dual-career family. "It was a very hard...
- Copreneurs and dual-career couples: are they different?
- Magazine article from: Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice Marshack, Kathy J. September 22, 1994 700+ words
...plus business partner. As a subset of dual-career couples and a subset of family businesses...manner. By comparing copreneurs and dual-career couples, the current study goes beyond...established, and how copreneurs and dual-career couples make the psychological and physical...
- Men are changing, too, in dual-career families
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Elizabeth Mehren October 27, 1986 700+ words
...talk about what was going on in their dual-career lives. "It was like, `Oh yes, talk...As studies were beginning on women in dual-career families, Gilbert said, "what was...embark on the investigation of men in dual-career families that eventually filled a book...
- Dual-career families--is there any impact on children's physical activity and...
- Magazine article from: Nutrition & Dietetics: The Journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia Crawford, D. Robinson, S. Salmon, J. September 1, 2004 700+ words
...be active. The rise in the number of dual-career families does coincide with increases...children aged less than 15 years were dual-career families; reflecting an increase from...unreasonable to suggest that children from dual-career families may experience fewer opportunities...
- Dual-career couples in the public sector: a survey of personnel policies and...
- Magazine article from: Public Personnel Management Reed, Christine M. Bruce, Willa M. June 22, 1993 700+ words
...policies for recruiting and retaining dual-career couples in the workplace. These policies...spouses in the same agency, to assisting dual-career spouses to find employment elsewhere...qualified employees. The Importance of Dual-Career Couples In rural areas, and in health...
- Global dual-career couple mentoring: a phase model approach.
- Magazine article from: Human Resource Planning Harvey, Michael Wiese, Danielle June 1, 1998 700+ words
...Expatriation is even more stressful for dual-career couples. One method that domestic organizations...rates are rising primarily because of dual-career issues (Crendall, Dwyer & Duncan...projected increase in female expatriates and dual-career couples (Harvey, 1996, 1997a, ...
- Addressing the dual-career expatriation dilemma.
- Magazine article from: Human Resource Planning Harvey, Michael December 1, 1996 700+ words
...compelling influence due to the number of dual-career families in the United States (Adler...international transfers to both partners in dual-career couples (Stephens & Black, 1991...stress in the family unit; (3) the dual-career couple attempting to maintain both careers...
- A Predictive Study of Stress Among Australian Dual-Career Couples.(Brief...
- Magazine article from: The Journal of Social Psychology ELLOY, DAVID F. February 1, 2001 700+ words
...and the consequent emergence of the dual-career couple have raised the potential for...roles is heightened as individuals in dual-career situations have to balance the simultaneous...found to be related to stress among dual-career couples. On the basis of data from...
