At a time when recruiting and retaining faculty members and increasing diversity on campus have landed high on the university's list of priorities, the lack of benefits for the same-sex partners of its employees continues to be a thorn in the UA's side.
Though nationwide the UA is far from being alone in not offering domestic partner benefits, it does form part of the minority.
The UA is the only university (aside from ASU) in the PAC-10, one of 16 out of 62 members of the Association of American Universities, and one in seven out of 15 of its peer institutions to not offer domestic partner benefits.
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