Extended time, elevated expectations: The unappreciated downsides of pausing the tenure clock
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...
Authors
- Mary Williard Elting (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1662-9802)
- Katharina Maisel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3560-9751)
- Carolyn B. Ibberson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1696-1952)
- Emily Margaret Mace (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0226-7393)
- Laura K. Wiley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6681-9754)
- David C. Burnett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9686-6690)
- Maria A. Holland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0685-8230)
Institutions
- University of Notre Dame (US)
- Portland State University (US)
- North Carolina State University (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2024-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2403489121
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.26
Funders
- National Science Foundation