REPORT ON THE DUAL-CAREER-COUPLE SURVEY

Laurie McNeil and Marc Sher

1. Introduction
2. Why Should Institutions be Concerned?
3. Survey
   • Design and implementation of the survey
   • Results
4. Problems---How Institutions Make the Problem Worse
   • Introduction
   • Reduced consideration for members of dual-career-couples
   • Ignoring the problem
   • Nepotism and resistance to hiring the spouse
   • Captive spouses and insulting offers
   • Egregious remarks
   • Conclusions
5. Solutions--Positive Responses and Suggestions
   • Shared or split positions
     • What are shared or split positions?
     • Advantages and disadvantages of shared positions
     • How do they work?
     • Survey results
   • Spousal hiring programs
   • Alternative positions--academic
   • Alternative positions--non-academic
   • Commuting
   • Legal responses
     • Nepotism laws
     • Inappropriate questions
6. Recommendations
7. Conclusions
8. References
9. Appendix A
10. Appendix B
11. Appendix C

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mcneil@physics.unc.edu

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