Ummersen said "Princeton is out in front" in raising awareness that extending a tenure term doesn't mean a university should have greater expectations for the volume or quality of work produced during tenure review.
"One shouldn't think of this as giving extra time for an individual's scholarship, as much as we're giving extra time so you can care for your broader life," Dobkin said.
The university will rely heavily on the leadership of its academic departments to inform the dean's office when a faculty member qualifies for the extension, Dobkin said.
Administrators think the new policy should be attractive to faculty considering working at Princeton. Letters offering appointments will outline the new policy to prospective assistant professors.
"We want them to think of Princeton as a place they're going to be happy intellectually and personally," Dobkin said.
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