The Two-Body Problem Revisited

By Matt Reed. A piece I wrote over four years ago got new life this week on Twitter It was about the “two-body problem” in higher ed, or the expectation that anyone trying to break into the faculty ranks should expect, as a matter of course, to be willing to drop everything and move anywhere they could get work. If that wreaks havoc on intimate relationships, well, so be it; the job is supposed to come before everything. More...