COLLOQUY The question
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COLLOQUY The question
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 An increasing number of academics not only are married to other academics, but work in the same department as their spouses. The trend marks a notable shift from past policy at many universities, where anti-nepotism rules used to bar spouses from working together. Members of many such couples say that they benefit from sharing their intellectual work with their partners. But some colleges still see problems with the arrangements, and have urged spouses not to do all of their work together. Some colleagues of faculty couples worry that they will vote together on key decisions, have too much influence over a department, or tear it apart if they divorce. Do such spousal arrangements generally work? Do colleges need special conflict-of-interest policies to handle tenure votes and other departmental decisions that concern members of academic couples? From a personal perspective, is it better or worse to work in the same department as a partner or spouse? For further background information, see this Chronicle story:
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