Work and Family Policies

Yes, but the request is not automatically granted. Faculty members may request a delay of tenure review based on personal or professional circumstances that substantially impede normal professional development of the faculty member. These circumstances may include: 

• Personal illness or injury.
• Care of ill or injured dependents, including children, relatives, or any other persons who are dependent on the faculty member for care.
• Death of a spouse, partner, family member, or other closely affiliated person.
• Individual departmental, or facility-related situations that are beyond the control of the faculty member.

Note: requests for delay of tenure review under these circumstances must be made at the time the circumstance occurs.

Any tenure track faculty member who becomes the parent of a child by birth or adoption will automatically be granted a one- year extension of the deadline for tenure review, provided that they notify their unit head and complete the requisite paperwork.

An extension of the tenure clock due to childbirth or adoption is available immediately upon
employment with the University.

A second extension of the tenure clock due to the birth or adoption of another child will be granted automatically, so long as the faculty member receives no more than a total of two extensions (including those granted for reasons other than the birth or adoption of a child).

Yes. 

Faculty members must submit a Notification of Delay of Mandatory Tenure Review Due to Childbirth or Adoption, to the Office of Faculty Affairs. Normally this process should be initiated within a month of the expected arrival of the child.