The Partner Hire Scorecard is a product of a larger research study on the challenges faced by academic couples: The Dual-Careers Project. The research team is based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the project is funded by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation. The purpose of this report, and its accompanying website, is to provide clarity about the dual-career approaches of R1 universities in the United States. The Ranking of Universities’ Partner-friendly Status for all 147 universities has been created to indicate the institution's overview. 

For more information about the Partner Hire Scorecard, please read their complete report. 

University of Arizona listed at number 6 in the Partner Hire Scorecard!

The University of Arizona is listed as having a process for creating tenure-track faculty positions for partner hires.

"This institution can also facilitate non-faculty positions at the same institution (e.g., staff or postdoctoral fellow positions). We found some evidence that fixed-term faculty members can request a partner hire, and the materials we reviewed provide a description of how dual-career positions are funded. Partner hire requests should typically be made during the initial negotiation of a faculty job offer. At this institution, partner hire requests can be made by current faculty even without retention offers." 

About

The Partner Hire Scorecard is the result of a research study funded by the National Science Foundation. Based on a rigorous review of university policies, materials, and resources, this site categorizes R1 academic institutions by their support of academic couples and offers resources for dual-career academic jobseekers. Their goals are to empower academic couples in their job searches and to encourage universities to support couples more fully. 

The Dual-Careers Project is a research study on the challenges faced by academic couples. It is funded by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation and is based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The study has three major components:

1) a nationwide survey of academics’ perceptions and experiences of dual-career academic job searches;

2) systematic analysis of the partner hire policies, materials, or resources of every “R1” research-intensive university in the United States;

3) the production of this Partner Hire Scorecard, along with an accompanying report.

Click here to download the pdf