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Should colleges give preferences in faculty hiring to the spouses of other faculty members or to the spouses of prospective faculty members?
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"There should be no institutional barrier to hiring couples but I see nothing wrong with expecting the spouse of a new hire to accept a lesser position..."
"The hiring of spouses is an ideal situation regarding the happiness of the couple. That happiness impinges on the performance of the teacher..."
"As far as any college is concerned hiring spouses in the same department is not possible,..."
"As one who has tried nearly everything to get a job in my hometown because of some family responsibilities,..."
"Single male, 27, seeks 'academic star' for marriage, good times, and possible help gaining full-time employment..."
"We all know that in today's job market there may be several (if not many) qualified applicants for the few positions out there..."
"It's the market that dictates this issue as in all hiring questions..."
"If a college or university desperately wishes to hire a 'star',..."
"The very idea that institutions should engage in 'two for the price of one' hiring decisions is ludicrous..."
"Universities usually take advantage of the 'trailing spouse,'..."
"Although having a spouse nearby is definitely preferable, the preferential hiring of them by universities is wrong..."
"I normally don't contribute to forums such as this one, but I am disturbed enough by some of what I'm reading here..."
"My story: I took a position at a university..."
"Nepotism: 'Favoritism shown to relatives especially in appointment to desirable positions.'..."
"I have been following this discussion with considerable interest..."
"Here's a not-so-modest proposal: If candidates for academic positions are going to tie their own fortunes..."
"While there are certainly humane reasons for supporting the hiring of qualified spouses,..."
"This business about two people applying to share one position is dreadful long-term..."
"Elton J. Crim comes to the crux of the matter when he suggests the process of certifying qualification should be re-examined..."
"I think there is no categorical answer to this issue..."
"The academy presumes the faculty have no roots, that they have nothing tying them to any particular place..."
"Yes, as long as they don't have plans to take over..."
"As half of an academic couple, was only willing to consider positions..."
"I believe the issue is a little deeper than just surface issues of merit and preference..."
"My spouse and I are such a couple applying together for one position..."
"On my first day at the University of Oregon in 1972 to start a graduate degree in Special Education I asked about a advertised graduate assistantship..."
"The issue of spousal hiring seems to be one that is hopelessly bound up with the politics of self-interest..."
"While I have some sympathy for academic couples,..."
"I am rectitutinously scandalised and indeed outraged by this suggestion smacking of sloppy sentalmentalism bereft of regard for academic standards and scholarly traditions..."
"Most comments seem to regard spousal hiring as a question of fairness to current employees or applicants,..."
"The notion of strict 'merit' is as much a smokescreen..."
"I see two aspects to this issue: the ideology and the reality..."
"Academe has always accommodated spouses wives, at lesser jobs at minimum pay..."
"Increasingly, faculty recruitment involves not one but two professionals..."
"Under no circumstances should preferential treatment be given to academic spouses..."
"Given that (1) in the current academic job market, almost all new academic appointments necessitate a major geographical shift..."
"This question is hardly new, though it has been frequently unspoken..."
"The primary reason that spousal, joint, or dual hires are seldom made..."
"If the spouse is qualified, they should receive a preference over other candidates or else universities risk losing good faculty and administrators..."
"The chances of both spouses to be employed are very much affected by geographical location..."
"I, too, empathize with couples who have freely chosen to place themselves in this difficult position..."
"In all fairness to every potential candidate, spouses should be invited to compete..."
"Academic couples are not the only couples with two careers..."
"As a graduate student in English Literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst who has just decided to pursue a career at the community college level..."
"I definitely think that institutions should consider helping a spouse find employment..."
"It is true that married academic couples face special issues when looking for work on what for many is a national job market..."
"Your debate is leaving out another important part of the picture..."
"If in fact anti-nepotism is legal (which it may have been for private colleges in my time), I strongly believe that only one member of a family should be employed by the institution..."
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