1/10 Again-Tenure clock extensions are a necessary but insufficient solution to the COVID-19 pandemic. They can’t expect the same level of research productivity! They need to recalibrate the weighting of teaching, service, and scholarship.

2/10 research is at a standstill, esp qualitative eg ethnographies and interviews which require in-person interaction. Interstate and International travel is severely restricted. Many archives are closed. Collaborative work in labs have been impacted.

3/10 Agencies have cut funding and unis too! Budget cuts have made less money available to many researchers. How can they expect pre-covid research productivity under such conditions?? But wait... there’s more...

4/10 teaching in a pandemic is intense labor and time. We are now being required to transform classes to remote/hybrid/hyflex/split classes etc meaning instructors have to learn new technologies and pedagogies etc. Mentorship demands have skyrocketed as students seek more support

5/10 colleges/unis are demanding more and more service on committes to help them plan their Covid-responses to keep these institutions afloat. Many faculty on 9 month contracts worked all summer doing such unpaid service-work.

6/10Public engagement has also increased for many as the wider public seeks experts to discuss/work on the pandemics - covid and white supremacy and anti-Black racism. This is important work and crucial esp in this period, but mostly not rewarded in tenure and promotion decisions

7/10 Not altering research expectations will exacerbate already existing inequalities based on seniority, race, gender, and disability. Eg Women esp Women of color are disproportionately sought as mentors & overwhelmingly carry the burden of childcare, now intensified in pandemic

8/10 tenure clock extension is not a long-term solution because it extends precarity for untenured faculty and delays financial remuneration. We have no idea how long data collection problems will go on and ripple effects on research timelines will be long- lasting.

9/10Extending the tenure clock is good for the uni financially because they don’t have to award promotion increases and can more easily lay off untenured faculty. All to say, higher ed needs to rethink tenure and promo in a holistic way and give more weight to teaching & service

10/10 Departments, Deans, Provosts, what say you? Will you be just, equitable, and humane or continue to be...? #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter