new tenure guidelines at Princeton

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Bill Wolff <bill.wolff () mail utexas edu>
Date: August 16, 2005 8:36:04 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: new tenure guidelines at Princeton


David,

I thought people might be interested in this.

>
One of the most common policies adopted by colleges seeking to help  
their professors who are young parents is allowing them to "stop the  
clock" so that they get extra time before the tenure review that  
typically is based on six years of work.
In theory, this benefit lets new parents devote more time to their  
children without fear that it will hurt tenure reviews. In practice,  
many academics are afraid to stop the clock and feel that taking  
advantage of this benefit will stigmatize them and hurt their  
chances. A series of reports have urged colleges to find ways to take  
away that stigma, so that more parents - mothers and fathers alike -  
feel comfortable stopping the clock.

Princeton University may have found such an approach. The university  
is now giving all new parents an extra year before tenure review -  
automatically. Many colleges promise to award the year to anyone  
eligible who asks. But at Princeton, you don't ask - it now just  
happens. And it can happen multiple times for people who have more  
than one child (and those who have twins can get two extra years at  
that time).<

See link for full article.

http://insidehighered.com/news/2005/08/16/clock

Regards,

Bill

______________________________
Bill Wolff
Doctoral Candidate
Computers and English Concentration
Department of English
University of Texas at Austin
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~wolff/
bill.wolff () mail utexas edu





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