[IP] new tenure guidelines at Princeton
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From: Bill Wolff <bill.wolff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: August 16, 2005 8:36:04 AM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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