Many institutions have implemented some type of policy to extend the tenure clock for faculty members whose research was disrupted because of the pandemic. At Syracuse University, for example, faculty were previously required to go up for tenure by the end of their sixth year — though they could apply for clock stoppages for health reasons, family reasons or other qualifying life events, according to LaVonda Reed, the university’s associate provost for faculty affairs. Since the pandemic, all faculty were approved for an automatic one-year extension.

The article summarizes examples of strategies implemented at Morgan State University, the results of a working paper titled “COVID-19 Disruptions Disproportionately Affect Female Academics published in January 2021, and issues specific for caregiving faculty.