December 8, 2000

Job-Sharing Rises as Professors Seek Flexible Schedules

By ALISON SCHNEIDER

Smaller institutions push a tenure-track option

After 34 years of marriage, Emily and Norman Rosenberg share the usual things -- name, house, four children. In fact, they divvy up a lot more. Along with a growing number of their academic peers, they've extended the sharing to their careers. They split an academic job at Macalester College, as well as an endowed chair and a department vote.

Of course, there are limits to sharing. For a while, the couple