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Conference History

The first Dual Careers Conference was held on April 25, 2003 by the University of Iowa's Dual Career Network (DCN). Eighteen participants from 16 different institutions from the U.S and Canada met to collaborate and share the challenges of assisting dual career couples in securing employment.

 

The major goals of this conference were to establish benchmark practices among existing programs and provide universities without programs with information on current trends and practices. A questionnaire was distributed prior to the conference to dual career programs across the country. The results of that survey were published in the CUPA HR Journal (Fall/Winter 2003, Vol. 54, No. 3). (View the CUPA Article)

 
Since 2003, this conference has been held annually by member institutions.

   

 

The 2009 Higher Education Dual Career Network Conference was held at Virginia Tech on June 4 and 5, 2009.  

 

The 2010 conference will be held at the University of Iowa and the 2011 conference at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.  Save these dates.  We look forward to seeing you at the upcoming conferences.

 

If you have specific topics for discussion at the 2010 conference at the University of Iowa, please contact Joan Murrin or Heidi McLaughlin.