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Mental and social barriers may be aggravated by a general reluctance to discuss economic situations in a personal context. “Harvard students talk about economic and social segregation, but only in an academic context. When I would talk to people about my financial situation, other people would become...
In 30 years, the share of non-tenure track faculty on college campuses in the U.S. increased by more than 50 percent. From 1975 to 2005, the share of part-time and full-time non-tenure-track faculty in all U.S. degree-granting institutions jumped from 43 percent to 68...
Harvard and other top universities are searching for new ways to accommodate academic couples searching for tenure-track posts, a Harvard faculty recruitment official said at a panel discussion yesterday.
More than 50 people attended the event, which featured two successful “dual-career couples” who had each managed to land academic jobs in the Boston area.
Panelist Lisa E. Wolf-Wendel, a University of Kansas professor who has studied career issues facing academic couples, said that professors often cite their spouse’s situation when they leave or refuse tenured posts.