A Couple's Struggle to Find Good Jobs in the Same City

He's at Yale; she's at Missouri; and the humanities job market makes their search a challenge

By ROBIN WILSON

Chicago

Theodore R. Bromund is studying the Chicago skyline, musing about what life would be like if he landed a job at the University of Illinois here, where he's got an interview in two days.

It's a crisp January afternoon, and he's attending...