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Stanford study finds more dual career hires.(NEWSWATCH)(Stanford University's Clayman Institute for Gender Research)
More and more faculty job candidates have partners who are also professors, according to a recent study released by Stanford University's Clayman Institute for Gender Research.
Hiring dual-career couples is one of the biggest challenges in higher ed, said Londa Schiebinger, director of the Clayman Institute. "Elite universities need to beware," she said. "They can't rely on their status alone if they don't pay attention to this issue."
The study of 9,000 professors at 13 top schools found academic-couple hiring increased from 3% in the 1970s to 13% between 2000 and 2006. More than 35% of study participants have academic partners, with women being more likely to have one than men.
Schiebinger noted that this trend means schools need to recruit differently. "Recruiters need to understand how personal and professional lives are linked in new ways, given the diversity of the new generation of academics," she said. "You can't take ...
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