Extended Time, Elevated Expectations: the Unappreciated Downsides of Pausing the Tenure Clock

Authors

Maria A. Holland, University of Notre Dame
Katharina Maisel, University of Maryland
Carolyn B. Ibberson, University of Tennessee
Laura K. Wiley, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
David C. Burnett, Portland State University
Emily M. Mace, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Mary Williard Elting, North Carolina State University

Published In

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-16-2024

Subjects

Educational leadership, Educational leadership -- Research -- Methodology

Abstract

In 1971, Stanford became the first university to introduce tenure clock extensions in academia for new mothers. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) began recommending such policies a few years later, and in 2001, modified their recommendation to include primary or coequal caregivers, following either the birth or adoption of a child (1). By 2004, 43% of 255 surveyed institutions had formal clock-stop policies...

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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2403489121

DOI

10.1073/pnas.2403489121

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/42452

Citation Details

Holland, M. A., Maisel, K., Ibberson, C. B., Wiley, L. K., Burnett, D. C., Mace, E. M., & Elting, M. W. (2024). Extended time, elevated expectations: The unappreciated downsides of pausing the tenure clock. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(34).