Academic couples : problems and promises / edited by Marianne A. Ferber and Jane W. Loeb.

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1997], ©1997.

323 pages ; 24 cm

Changes in American society: the context for academic couples / Karen Miller-Loessi and Deborah Henderson -- The history of women and couples in academe / Paula E. Stephan and Mary Mathewes Kassis -- For the good of the race: married African-American academics, a historical perspective / Linda M. Perkins -- POSSLQs and PSSSLQs: unmarried academic couples / Dorothy C. Miller and Anita Skeen -- The status of academic couples in U.S. instituttions / Helen S. Astin and Jeffrey F. Milem -- The scholarly productivity of academic couples / Marcia L. Bellas -- Are academic partners at a disadvantage? / Marianne A. Ferber and Emily P. Hoffman -- Work-family policies for faculty: how "career- and family-friendly" is academe / Phyllis Hutton Raabe -- From antinepotism rules to programs for partners: legal issues / Elaine W. Shoben -- Academic couples: the view from the administration / Lilli S. Hornig -- Programs for academic partners: how well can they work? / Jane W. Loeb -- Findings and conclusions / Jane W. Loeb and Marianne A. Ferber.

Includes bibliographical references and index