U Michigan: Slowing the tenure clock

by E Wayne Ross on February 28, 2006

Inside Higher Ed: Slowing down tenure

The tenure clock and the biological clock — both for birth and for death — just tend to get in one another’s way.

In part to try to make the academy family friendly, the University of Michigan is currently mulling over changes to the process it uses to promote professors, which would include extending the maximum time to receive tenure from 8 to 10 years.